Microsoft Offers Reward to Catch Writers of Computer Viruses

At a news conference in Washington including national and international law enforcement officials, Microsoft announced a $5 million antivirus reward program to encourage tipsters, with initial rewards of $250,000 for evidence leading to the capture and conviction of the original authors of the MSBlast and SoBig programs, which plagued Internet users this year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/06/technology/06soft.html?th
(New York Times, November 6, 2003)

Posted by Tom on November 07, 2003