US State Department announces $10 million bounty after Costa Rica ransomware attack
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Z1XC)
The US has issued bounties up to $10 million on people affiliated with Conti. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In the wake of a massive ransomware attack on the Costa Rican government in April, the US government issued a notice last week declaring a bounty potentially worth millions of dollars on people involved with the Conti ransomware used in the hack. Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Costa Rica's recently sworn-in president, declared a national emergency due to the attack, according to CyberScoop.
According to BleepingComputer, the ransomware attack affected Costa Rica's ministries of finance and Labor and Social Security, as well as the country's Social Development and Family Allowances Fund, among other entities. The report also says that the attack affected some services from the country's treasury starting on April 18th. Hackers not only took down...