Decryption tool which could bring HSE systems back online being 'evaluated'

Decryption tool which could bring HSE systems back online being 'evaluated'

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A decryption tool has been made available to the Government which could potentially be used to bring its disabled systems back online.

The tool was posted online and is believed to have emanated from Wizard Spider, the Russian hacking group believed to be responsible for the unprecedented cyber attack which took hold last Friday.

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