Fortinet targets cybercrime accountability gap with human intelligence and bounty program
Cybercrime has evolved into a borderless criminal ecosystem, with attackers collaborating across networks and moving faster than defenders can respond, thanks in part to AI. That imbalance is fueling a new cybercrime bounty program designed to crowdsource the human intelligence law enforcement needs to make arrests, rather than just tracking malware and infrastructure. Fortinet Inc.’s […] The…
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has launched a cybercrime bounty program in collaboration with Crime Stoppers International to address the significant imbalance between attackers and defenders in the cybercrime ecosystem. This imbalance, exacerbated by AI advancements, has resulted in cybercrime becoming a borderless criminal industry with a GDP rivaling the world's largest economies.
Derek Manky, chief security strategist and global vice president of threat intelligence at FortiGuard Labs, emphasized the need to focus on human intelligence and attribution, which are the most challenging aspects of addressing cybercrime. The program builds upon the Cybercrime Atlas initiative, which has already contributed to over 2,000 arrests and $200 million in recovered funds for victims.
By utilizing Crime Stoppers International's anonymous reporting network, Fortinet aims to validate tips and pass them on to law enforcement, alleviating the burden on agencies that often face dead-end leads. The initial operation, Silent Vector 1, targets ransomware networks and will expand to cover affiliate networks and crimes related to human trafficking and narcotics.
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