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Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government, participates in malicious cyber activities against U.S. critical infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
First deployed in 2021, ALPHV BlackCat operates as a ransomware-as-a-service business model in which the group’s members develop and maintain the ransomware variant and then recruit affiliates to deploy the ransomware. ALPHV BlackCat and its affiliates then share any paid ransoms.
The ALPHV BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group has compromised computer networks of critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and worldwide, deploying ransomware on the targeted systems, disabling security features within the victim’s network, stealing sensitive confidential information, demanding payment to restore access, and threatening to publicize the stolen data if victims do not pay a ransom.
Anyone with information on ALPHV BlackCat actors, their affiliates, activities, or links to a foreign government should contact Rewards for Justice via our Tor-based tips-reporting channel at: he5dybnt7sr6cm32xt77pazmtm65flqy6irivtflruqfc5ep7eiodiad.onion.
