【Europol's Bounty on Russian Ransomware Gang is a Scam】According to Golden Finance, a report of a so-called $50,000 bounty by Europol to track down the administrators of the Russian ransomware gang Qilin is actually just a Telegram scam. This false bounty message has deceived several cybersecurity news outlets, leading them to mistakenly believe that Europol would pay a reward to anyone who could provide information about the two Qilin administrators, Haise and XORacle. It is alleged that these two are responsible for 'coordinating affiliate organizations and overseeing extortion activities,' and Europol is seeking information that could 'directly lead to the identification or location of these administrators.' However, Europol confirmed to SecurityWeek that this so-called bounty is indeed a 'scam,' and the agency has never issued such a bounty.
