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$250,000 Bounty for Creators of Conficker Worm

The Conficker/Downadup worm has been spreading like wildfire across the internet with over an estimated 10million computers infected by it. It's been deemed such a nuisance that a group of companies (Headed by Microsoft) are now offering a $250,000 bounty for information which leads to the arrest of the creators of the worm.

The spreading Conficker/Downadup worm is now viewed as such a significant threat that it's inspired the formation of a posse to stop it, with Microsoft leading the charge by offering a $250,000 reward to bring the Conficker malware bad guys to justice. The money will be paid for 'information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet,'

Network World

Posted by | Mon, Feb 16, 2009 - 05:56 AM