Microsoft has offered a $250,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Conficker Worm. The work being done to battle this worm could form a new model for fighting future malware. Law enforcement is working with academia, private sector companies, and Internet policy groups to develop new ways to work together. The security research community is even working with other countries such as China to defeat new cyber threats. It will be interesting to see if this new trend continues or reverts back to previous patterns.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2135756/new-partnerships-emerge-to-defeat-conficker-worm.html