The false bounty exposes the Qilin Ransomware gang's eyewash; Europol denies issuing any rewards.

[Coin World] A report claiming that the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) is offering a $50,000 reward to track down the Russian ransomware group Qilin's administrators is actually just a Telegram scam. This false reward message has deceived several cybersecurity news media, leading them to mistakenly believe that Europol would pay rewards to anyone who could provide information about Qilin's two administrators, Haise and XORacle. It is said that these two are responsible for "coordinating affiliate organizations and overseeing ransomware activities," and Europol is seeking intelligence that could "directly lead to the identification or location of these administrators." However, Europol confirmed to certain media that this so-called reward is actually a "scam" and that the agency has never issued such a reward.