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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/state-department-offering-rewards-up-to-10-million-to-curb-ransomware/
- Published: 2021-07-18T10:00:37-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.pbs.org