If Microsoft’s cash bounties convince any hackers to rat out fellow cybervandals, then more power to whoever dreamed up this public relations stunt. Flanked by some serious-looking guys from the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service and–get this!–Interpol, Microsoft recently announced a couple of US$250,000 rewards to anyone whose information leads to the arrest of the authors behind the MSBlast worm and Sobig virus. This is just the beginning of a US$5 million fund Microsoft will use to buy off informers. The announcement was good for a photo opportunity and achieved the appearance of movement. Microsoft needs every bit of good news it can muster. After a couple of years being on the receiving end of escalating cyberattacks, management is clearly frustrated by what it now refers to as “criminals,” not misguided geeks. Full Story
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