I don't understand why so many people are jumping to the conclusion that the FBI broke sha-256.
Theres so many other lower hanging fruit posibilities...
1: they served the server provider with a warrant they provided physical access.
2: their server infra was running vulnerable code for another service.
3. weak passwords / weak security in general
4. they cut a deal with the upstream ransomware providers and were provided with the private key used.
Theres so many other lower hanging fruit posibilities...
1: they served the server provider with a warrant they provided physical access. 2: their server infra was running vulnerable code for another service. 3. weak passwords / weak security in general 4. they cut a deal with the upstream ransomware providers and were provided with the private key used.