The US State Department now offers a $10 million reward for information linking Cl0p to a foreign government
Assessment
The reward is real and remains open, but it is not new. The Rewards for Justice programme announced it in June 2023 during the MOVEit Transfer campaign, offering up to $10 million for information connecting Cl0p, or any actor targeting US critical infrastructure, to a foreign government. The phrasing "now offers" in current coverage reads as a response to the Windchill campaign; no new or increased offer has been made in 2026. The claim is accurate as a fact and misleading as a timeline
Where this claim appeared
BleepingComputer · 2026-08-17
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/philips-and-ge-investigating-clop-ransomware-data-theft-claims/What “Superseded” means
Reported accurately at the time, then corrected by the original source. Recorded because the original version usually continues circulating long after the correction.
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