Europol confirms 50000 Qilin ransomware reward is fake

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later admitted it was created to troll researchers and journalistsppWe were also surprised to see this story gaining traction Europol told BleepingComputer on Monday The announcement didnt come from usppThe statement comes after a new Telegram channel called europolcti was created on August 16th claiming to offer a 50000 reward for information on two Qilin ransomware admins known as Haise and XORacleppDuring the course of ongoing international investigations we have confirmed that the cybercriminal group Qilin has carried out ransomware attacks worldwide severely disrupting critical infrastructure and causing significant financial losses reads the imposters Telegram postppWe have identified two primary administrators operating under the aliases Haise and XORacle who coordinate affiliates and oversee extortion activitiesppWe are actively pursuing all available leads in cooperation with international partnersppA reward of up to 50000 is offered for information that directly leads to the identification or location of these administratorsppHaise is believed to be one of the operators of the Qilian ransomware gang previously recruiting affiliates on the RAMP cybercrime forumppThe Qilin ransomware operation was initially launched as Agenda in August 2022 However by September that year it had rebranded under the name Qilin which it continues to use to this dayppThe ransomware operation is one of the most active currently targeting companies worldwideppHowever after Europol confirmed it was fake a new post appeared on the imposter channel claiming it was created to troll researchers and journalists some of whom wrote articles about the claimsppThis was so easy to run and fool so called Researchers and Journalists that just copy stuff Thank you all reads the new postppThe post was signed by Rey a hacker previously linked to breaches at Telefonica and Orange GroupppThreat actors had begun trolling Qilin in August 15th posts on a Telegram channel set up by threat actors claiming to be from Scattered Spider ShinyHunters and Lapsus where someone had begun calling out Haise and the ransomware operationppThis is not the first time threat actors attempted to mislead the media about cybercrimeppIn 2021 a RAMP admin known as Orange or boriselcin and who ran the Groove ransomware site called on threat actors to attack the USA This threat actor was later sanctioned by the US for his involvement in three ransomware operations that targeted victims across the United StatesppAfter the media covered this post including BleepingComputer the threat actor claimed it was fake and was created to troll and manipulate the media and security researchersppHowever security researchers from McAfee and Intel 471 believe that it was likely the threat actor trying to cover up for a failed ransomwareasaserviceppIn 2023 BleepingComputer receieved a tip about an alleged arrest of two Canadian teens over a cryptotheft attackppWhile BleepingComputer learned that the news was fake 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