> On the same day, the Attacker posted a link to a key that would decrypt files encrypted by the Conti ransomware. [..] Without the decryption key, it is unknown whether systems could have been recovered fully [..] but it is highly likely that the recovery timeframe would have been considerably longer.<p>Is the implication that they paid the ransom?<p>The report seems to go out of its way to avoid stating <i>why</i> the attacker posted the decryption key.