The US State Department has announced a reward of up to $ 10 million for any information about government -sponsored hackers, which is with the Redline Infoselor Malware Operation and relations with its suspected manufacturer, Russian National Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov.
In cyber operations targeting important infrastructure organizations in the United States, the state hackers of this malware have the same bounty cover on the use of hackers.
This reward has been posted as part of the state department. Award for justice program Established by the 1984 Act to combat international terrorism, which rewards informers for suggestions that help identify or detect the threats of foreign government behind the cyber attack against American institutions.
“Award for Justice is giving a reward of up to $ 10 million for the leading information or location of any person, which acts in any direction or acting under the control of a foreign government, participating in malicious cyber activities against the important infrastructure against the important infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA),” the Department of Foreign Affairs. Said,
“Any information about Rudomatov’s foreign government associates, or their malicious cyber activities, or any information related to the foreign government of Redline Malware, should contact awards for justice Tor-based tips-reporting channel,
Since its establishment, more than $ 250 million has been paid more than 125 individuals through this program, helping to protect American national security.
Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov, suspected developer and administrator at the Redline Infostealer Malware Operation, was charged in October after a joint international law enforcement action -codename ‘Operation Magnus’ in the United States.
“Rudometov regularly accessed and managed the infrastructure of Redline Infostealer, which was associated with various cryptocurrency accounts, which were used for payment and robbing, and was in possession of Redline Malware,” Said Those days.
The Dutch police, working with international partners, disrupted the Redline and Meta Malware-e-Services (MAAS) platforms associated with theft of millions of account credentials. Law enforcement disrupted their sales channels by seizing the Redline and Meta Telegram accounts used to promote malware to buyers.
moreover, Urosest And this Dutch police It was revealed that the authorities arrested two suspects in Belgium and seized three servers and two web domains used by two malware platforms for command and control operations.
It is unclear that Rudomatov was also arrested, but the access device may face a prison of up to 35 years if he is convicted for fraud, conspiracy to infiltrate and money laundering.
Cyber Security Firm ESET, which was also involved in the Crackdown operation as a technical advisor and helped map the network of over 1,200 servers associated with two malware operations, An online scanner released This helps potential victims to check if they are infected with redline or meta malware.
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