State Department offering rewards up to $10 million to curb ransomware

Photo caption: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS / Kacper Pempel / Illustration / File Photo. Article by Frank Bajak, Associated Press. PBS News – July 15, 2021.

BOSTON (AP) — The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of anyone engaged in foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity, including ransomware attacks, against critical U.S. infrastructure. A task force set up by the White House will coordinate efforts to stem the ransomware scourge. […]

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