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Claude AI recovers two-thirds of ransomware-encrypted files

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A user successfully used Claude to recover a significant portion of files encrypted by ransomware, despite the AI initially stating it could not decrypt them. Claude identified that only the first 16KB of each file was encrypted and developed a tool to systematically attempt recovery. The AI also independently trained a model to improve color restoration for image files and even wrote a custom parser to reconstruct a 3D model from encrypted data. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates advanced problem-solving and tool-creation capabilities in LLMs, potentially impacting data recovery and cybersecurity.

RANK_REASON User-driven demonstration of an AI model's capability to overcome a complex data recovery challenge. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Claude AI recovers two-thirds of ransomware-encrypted files

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User-driven demonstration of an AI model's capability to overcome a complex data recovery challenge. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Rare-Protection4270 ·

    I gave Claude ~700 ransomware encrypted files. It told me upfront it couldn't decrypt them, then got two thirds of them usable again

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