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Up to $15 million bounty for ALPHV-Blackcat information
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The US State Department is serious: There are rewards totaling $15 million for good information that leads to the capture of key people in the Blackcat group and its RaaS ALPHV. This tactic already helped in the capture of the Conti gang. The US State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of individuals who hold key positions in the Transnational Organized Crime group behind the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware variant. Additionally, a reward offer of up to $5 million is being offered for information…

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$10 million reward for Conti gang's "Fab Five".
$10 million reward for Conti gang's "Fab Five".

US is offering "up to $10 million" in rewards for information on the Conti gang and for capturing the "Fab Five" behind Conti. Behind the name Conti is a well-known ransomware gang - more precisely a so-called ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang. In the RaaS criminal business model, the part of ransomware code creation, extortion, and taking extortion payments from desperate victims is handled by a core group, while the attacks themselves are carried out by a loosely assembled “team” of members. And these are usually not chosen for their malware-programming skills, but…

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