{"id":35557,"date":"2023-01-28T04:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T04:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/28\/us-puts-a-10m-bounty-on-hive-while-russia-shuts-down-access-the-register\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T04:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T04:15:36","slug":"us-puts-a-10m-bounty-on-hive-while-russia-shuts-down-access-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/28\/us-puts-a-10m-bounty-on-hive-while-russia-shuts-down-access-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"US puts a $10m bounty on Hive while Russia shuts down access \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uncle Sam has put up a $10 million reward for intel on Hive ransomware criminals’ identities and whereabouts, whereas Russia has blocked the FBI and CIA web sites, together with the Rewards for Justice web site providing the bounty.<\/p>\n

The $10 million bonty is a part of the US State Division’s Rewards for Justice<\/a> program, and in a Thursday tweet<\/a> the company sought ideas for Hive members “performing underneath the path or management of a international authorities.” The discover additionally referenced the FBI’s Hive web site takedown, which the feds introduced earlier that day.<\/p>\n

“When you have info that hyperlinks Hive or every other malicious cyber actors concentrating on US vital infrastructure to a international authorities, ship us your tip by way of our Tor tip line. You can be eligible for a reward,” it mentioned.<\/p>\n

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FBI disrupts the Darkish Web page of the Hive ransomware group.When you have info that hyperlinks Hive or every other malicious cyber actors concentrating on U.S. vital infrastructure to a international authorities, ship us your tip by way of our Tor tip line. You can be eligible for a reward. https:\/\/t.co\/7Bqz0DUSCf<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/n8U3TNC7lh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rewards for Justice (@RFJ_USA) January 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hive<\/a> is a ransomware-as-a-service crew believed to have ties to Russia. Because it appeared in June 2021, this explicit crime ring has hit greater than 1,500 victims globally and extorted greater than $100 million in ransom funds, in response to the US authorities.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the US and worldwide legislation enforcement companions shut down<\/a> Hive’s ransomware infrastructure following a seven-month covert operation. Throughout that point, the FBI hacked Hive’s community and used that entry to offer decryption keys to greater than 300 victims, saving them $130 million in ransomware funds, we’re advised.<\/p>\n

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