Ransomware admin is refunding victims their ransom payments


After recently announcing the end of the operation, the administrator of Ziggy ransomware is now stating that they will also give the money back.

It appears that this is a planned move since the admin shared the “good news” a little over a week ago, but gave no details.

Shutdown followed by money-back move
Ziggy ransomware shut down in early February. In a short announcement, the administrator of the operation said that they were “sad” about what they did and that they “decided to publish all decryption keys.”

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Source: Bleeping Computer