State Department Pays up to $10M for Information on Foreign Cyberattacks

In response to foreign hackers launching attacks against key institutions that violate the nation's anti-hacking law, the U.S. State Department is willing to pay up to $10 million for valuable information, according to Dark Reading.  U.S. authorities came up with this solution after cyberattacks on U.S. and European critical infrastructure and businesses skyrocketed. The most recent and reportedly most powerful cyberattack, launched by REvil via a zero-day vulnerability in Kaseya's software, affected more than 1,500 companies worldwide. The same cybercriminal gang managed to cripple the operations of meat manufacturer JBS and delay food deliveries after a ransomware attack. In addition to threat intelligence, the agency will analyze other relevant aspects, such as sending malicious code, hacking or bypassing privileges on secured systems, ...