US government aims to prevent ransomware from spreading with 1 billion yen reward program



In an effort to prevent ransomware attacks, which have caused widespread damage, the U.S. government has announced that it will offer a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification and location of members of cyber attack rings.

Stop Ransomware | CISA

https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware



Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Foreign Malicious Cyber Activity Against US Critical Infrastructure

https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/malicious_cyber_activity.html



$10 million rewards bolster White House anti-ransomware bid
https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-europe-business-government-and-politics-cd21d84b5fd070421f871610b40e91d0

In the United States, the damage caused by ransomware attacks, which steal access to networks and systems and demand ransoms, has intensified since the beginning of 2021. Colonial Pipeline, the largest oil pipeline company in the United States, has paid more than 500 million yen , and JBS, the world's largest meat processor, has paidmore than 1.2 billion yen .

The US government is not silently ignoring this situation and has decided to raise the priority of its response to the same as that of 'terrorism.'

The US will raise the priority of responding to ransomware attacks to the same level as terrorism - GIGAZINE


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jlhervàs

In addition, as many ransomware attacks are believed to be carried out by cyber attack groups based in Russia, U.S. President Biden and Russian President Putin held discussions about designating 16 areas, including infrastructure, as 'prohibited zones' that will not be subject to cyber attacks.

President Biden shows Putin 'cyber attack no-go zones' - GIGAZINE


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Gage Skidmore

The newly announced policy is to offer a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification and location of individuals who have participated in malicious cyber attacks against critical infrastructure. This is part of the Rewards for Justice program, which the State Department has run since 1984 and has a track record of paying out more than $200 million to over 100 individuals.

In the case of ransomware attacks, it is said that 80% of organizations and companies that have already been attacked are attacked a second time, so a thorough response is required.

80% of organizations that paid ransoms after ransomware attacks are attacked a second time - GIGAZINE



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