U.S. Offers Reward For BlackCat Ransomware Group Intel

The U.S. government is pointing again to its $10 million reward offer in exchange for information leading to the identification or location of individuals linked to the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group, which was behind the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare.

The State Department previously announced the reward in February, after saying in December that it had disrupted the group and created a decryption tool for existing victims. After this disruption, the group’s administrator encouraged affiliates to target hospitals, and CISA in …

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