How I Cracked CONTI Ransomware Group’s Leaked Source
Code ZIP File
By Wade Hickey
Published: 2022-03-05 · Archived: 2026-04-05 20:03:52 UTC
Mar 1, 2022
1. Leaker posted full zip with password
2. Leaker posted zip without locker without password
https://medium.com/@whickey000/how-i-cracked-conti-ransomware-groups-leaked-source-code-zip-file-e15d54663a8
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3. Grab some known plaintext from the second, and you can crack the first with bkcrack.
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4. Now let’s crack the original password
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VirusTotal:
conti_locker_v2.zip
conti_locker.7z
unlocked_conti_leak.zip
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It’s amazing what the ransomware operators know about cryptography…
Source: https://medium.com/@whickey000/how-i-cracked-conti-ransomware-groups-leaked-source-code-zip-file-e15d54663a8
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