The Feds Will Pay You $10M to Snitch on Conti Ransomware Gang Members

pcmag.com:

The US government is offering bounties up to $10 million for information about members of the Conti ransomware gang that pledged allegiance to Russia when the country invaded Ukraine.

The bounty is being offered as part of the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program run by the US Department of State. Conti's page(Opens in a new window) on the RFJ website says the government is looking 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 US critical infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)."

The page lists five individuals—“Target,” “Reshaev,” “Professor,” “Tramp,” and “Dandis”—who are suspected of having ties to Conti. A poster shared on the RFJ website includes a picture of someone the State Department suspects of being Target; the other four are merely known by their aliases. Wired reports(Opens in a new window) that, according to a State Department official, the image on that poster represents "the first time that the US government has publicly identified a Conti operative." (Allegedly.)

"First detected in 2019," the State Department says, "Conti ransomware has been used to conduct more than 1,000 ransomware operations targeting US and international critical infrastructure, such as law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 9-1-1 dispatch centers, and municipalities. These healthcare and first responder networks are among the more than 400 organizations worldwide victimized by Conti, over 290 of which are located in the United States."

But the poster shared on the RFJ website makes it clear the US government isn't only interested in