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Feds Post $10 Million Reward for DarkSide Ransomware Actors

The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that leads to the identification or location of members of the DarkSide ransomware gang and others who attack critical infrastructure. Ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. Co. took the 5,500-mile pipeline offline as a safety precaution, causing fuel shortages. The company paid a $4.4 million ransom to gain the decryption key, but the key proved to be too slow. The FBI recovered $2.3 million paid to the attackers.”]

Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/us-10m-reward-for-darkside-ransomware-actors-a-17851

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