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Uncle Sam sweetens the pot with $15M bounty on Hive ransomware gang members

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-02-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The article describes U.S. government rewards (up to $10M from the State Department and $5M from the FBI) for information on Hive ransomware leadership and conspirators, details the FBI's prior takedown and seizure of Hive infrastructure that allowed decryption for ~1,300 victims (averting an estimated $130M–$210M in ransoms), and situates Hive within the broader, lucrative ransomware ecosystem with possible ties to the Russian state.

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