O the darkside group was in charge one of the incidents that shook the cybersecurity landscape this year, spending ransomware attack on the North American Colonial Pipeline… The investigation continues, and then recover some of the ransom paid for the attackThe United States wants to establish who the leaders of the hacker group are, presumably of Russian descent.
The US Department of State announced that it will offer a reward of up to $ 10 million to anyone with information that could lead to the identification or whereabouts of individuals holding senior positions in the DarkSide group.
There is also a reward of up to $ 5 million for anyone with information leading to the arrest and / or conviction, in any country, of individuals who have participated or attempted to participate in the group’s activities.
By offering the award, the United States intends to “demonstrate its commitment to protecting victims of ransomware around the world,” said the US Department of State. in a statement…
Back in July, the Department already offered a reward of up to $ 10 million for information leading to the identification or whereabouts of any foreign government-led cybercriminal in the United States. advances to Reuters…
Remember that in the most recent issue make a web summit, Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at McAfee, made public more about the group DarkSide, which has its own ecosystem, where it “leases” the malware it develops to other cybercriminals as part of a profitable business model. “As we begin to understand the DarkSide group and what they do, we need to understand how they penetrate the systems of companies,” said the person in charge.
