State Department offering up to $10 million reward for information on leaders of DarkSide ransomware groupThe State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of those in leadership positions within the DarkSide ransomware group. Authorities also announced that they're offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction in any country of anyone conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in a DarkSide variant ransomware incident. PHOTO: U.S. State Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2019. The Department of Justice later said it seized back approximately $2.3 million in Bitcoin from the alleged cyber criminals. State Department offering up to $10 million reward for information on leaders of DarkSide ransomware group originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News November 05, 2021 22:45 UTC