Topic: COMPUTER - on November 5, 2003 at 4:07:10 PM CET
Microsoft to offer $250,000 bounty on MSBlast worm and SoBig virus authors
Microsoft is offering two $250,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest of the individuals responsible for both the MSBlast worm and SoBig virus. The reward is being announced in conjunction with the FBI, but the money is apparently coming completely from Microsoft. Some analysts claim that this is the first time a technology company has posted such a public reward for information for relating to such hackers. Of course, there's a first time for everything, and to date law enforcement has had very limited success tracking down these folks. Perhaps money will get to the bottom of this.
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icrosoft Corp. today announced the creation of the Anti-Virus Reward Program, initially funded with $5 million (U.S.), to help law enforcement agencies identify and bring to justice those who illegally release damaging worms, viruses and other types of malicious code on the Internet.
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