US Offers $10 Million Bounty For DarkSide Ransomware Operators

wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: The U.S. government wants to find the people responsible for the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack (and many others) and it's putting up multi-million rewards for data on the operators behind the DarkSide extortion campaign. The Department of State on Thursday offered up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of senior members of the DarkSide gang that caused major gas disruptions earlier this year. In addition, the U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction in any country "of any individual conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in a DarkSide variant ransomware incident." "In offering this reward, the United States demonstrates its commitment to protecting ransomware victims around the world from exploitation by cyber criminals," it added. "The United States looks to nations who harbor ransomware criminals that are willing to bring justice for those victim businesses and organizations affected by ransomware."

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