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Inc Ransomware Encryptor Contains Keys to Victim Data Recovery

ID: 2126b6d3-6eb7-5e1b-8583-c5251c30940e

STIX ID: report--2126b6d3-6eb7-5e1b-8583-c5251c30940e

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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The Inc ransomware collective disrupted McLaren Health Care, impacting IT and phone systems and forcing downtime procedures; GuidePoint Security's analysis shows Inc's encryptor appends an 80-byte footer that leaks the encryption mode (Fast/Medium/Slow) and other metadata, which can enable partial or full recovery in some cases. The report also highlights a trend of ransomware groups increasingly targeting healthcare organizations previously considered taboo.

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