The U.S. Department of State has announced a reward of up to $10 million for any information on government-sponsored hackers with ties to the RedLine infostealer malware operation and its suspected creator, Russian national Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov.
The same bounty covers leads on state hackers' use of this malware in cyber operations targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the United States.
This bounty is posted as part of the Department of State's Rewards for Justice program established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, which rewards informants for tips that help identify or locate foreign government threat actors behind cyberattacks against U.S. entities.
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