US govt announced a $10 million reward for info on Conti ransomware members

guest · Aug 11, 2022

August 11, 2022

The U.S. State Department announced a $10 million reward today for information on five high-ranking Conti ransomware members, including showing the face of one of the members for the first time.

The Rewards of Justice program is a U.S. Department of State program where monetary rewards are offered for information related to threat actors affecting the national security of the USA.
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U.S. govt reveals the first face of a Conti member
Today, for the first time, the State Department revealed the face of a known Conti ransomware operator known as 'Target,' offering rewards of up to $10 million for information on him and four other members known as 'Tramp,' 'Dandis,' 'Professor,' and 'Reshaev.'

The Conti Ransomware is a notorious ransomware operation believed to be responsible for over 1,000 attacks worldwide and receiving ransom payments of over $150 million.
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AdvIntel CEO Vitali Kremez told BleepingComputer that the member targeted in today's announcement had the following roles in the Conti operation: [...]
While the Conti ransomware brand has shut down, the members are still fully active and operating in other ransomware operations and extortion groups.

Wired, who first reported on the new rewards, says the State Department is looking for the members' physical locations and vacation and travel plans.
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