{"id":47963,"date":"2022-08-12T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-reveals-target-pic-of-conti-man-with-10m-reward-offer\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:30:13","slug":"us-reveals-target-pic-of-conti-man-with-10m-reward-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-reveals-target-pic-of-conti-man-with-10m-reward-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"US reveals ‘Target’ pic of Conti man with $10m reward offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US government is putting a face on a claimed member of the infamous Conti ransomware group as part of a $10 million reward for information about five of the gang’s crew.<\/p>\n

The State Department announced the reward via the Rewards for Justice program’s Twitter account<\/a>, saying it is looking for information about cybercriminals associated with Conti, Wizard Spider, or Trickbot. Wizard Spider in May was identified as the Russia-linked group<\/a> behind Conti and Ryuk (which rebranded as Conti in 2020), as well as the Trickbot botnet.<\/p>\n

The reward notice included the aliases of the alleged attackers \u2013 “Tramp,” “Dandis,” “Professor,”Reshaev,” and “Target” \u2013 and came with a photo of a man and a message underneath it that said, “Is this the Conti associate known as ‘Target’?”<\/p>\n

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The suspect’s face, terrible dress sense and bottle choice. Click to enlarge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It’s the first time the US government has released a photo of a suspect allegedly connected with Conti, although suspected members of other criminal gangs have been pictured.<\/p>\n

“The US Government reveals the face of a Conti associate for the first time!” the Rewards for Justice (which offers counterterrorism rewards for the US government) tweet said. “We’re trying to put a name with the face! To the guy in the photo: Imagine how many cool hats you could buy with $10 million dollars!”<\/p>\n