Europol confirms $50,000 Qilin ransomware reward is fake

**Fake Europol Telegram bounty for Qilin admins:** A Telegram channel impersonating Europol claimed a $50,000 reward for information on Qilin ransomware administrators 'Haise' and 'XORacle'; Europol denied the announcement and the impostor later admitted the channel was created to troll researchers and journalists. The report provides background on Qilin (formerly Agenda), its affiliate recruitment on RAMP, and references prior instances where threat actors used false claims to manipulate media coverage.