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Redmond Ponies Up a Quarter-Mil To Catch Conficker Culprits

This thing really is out of control. Now Microsoft, heretofore unable, apparently, to team with the rest of the industry to get to the source of the Conficker worm, is offering $250,000 to anybody who can track down the origin of the nasty little virus.

Posted by Lee Pender on February 17, 2009


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