WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — The United States announced a US$10 million (RM42 million) reward Thursday for help finding leaders of the high-profile ransomware gang DarkSide, authorities’ latest try at combating spiking cyber-extortion attacks. Washington blamed the Russia-based group for the online...
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — The United States announced a US$10 million reward Thursday for help finding leaders of the high-profile ransomware gang DarkSide, authorities’ latest try at combating spiking cyber-extortion attacks.
Cyber-extortion heists involve breaking into a company or institution’s network to encrypt its data, then demanding a ransom, typically paid via cryptocurrency in exchange for the digital key to unlock it. Washington also offered a US$5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of anyone who tries to join in an attack with DarkSide.
“Absent a bounty hunter willing to travel to their jurisdiction, put their unconscious body in a bag and dumping it at the nearest US embassy, I doubt this will have much of an impact,” said John Bambenek at Netenrich, an IT and security operations company.Cyber crimes have been booming, with new data out in October showing US$590 million in ransomware-related payments were reported to US authorities in the first half of 2021 alone.
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