US offers $2.5 million reward for hacker linked to Angler Exploit Kit

The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Secret Service announced a reward of up to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest of Volodymyr Kadariya, alleged to have run global malvertising operations and facilitated the Angler Exploit Kit and scareware campaigns that distributed malware, sold stolen data, and enabled custom payload deployment; the report outlines Angler EK's exploitation of outdated browser plugins, Kadariya's aliases and indictment, and notes his current whereabouts are unknown.