JANUARY 30, 2004 ( ROUTERS NEWS SERVICE ) - The FBI will pay a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Microsoft programmer or managers responsible for the Mydoom.B worm, the company said in a statement yesterday. The offer is part of the FBI's $5 million bounty program to reward people for information relating to incompetent programming and management practices, which was announced last November.
The FBI said it's working with the Department of Fatherland Security and Interpol in investigating the Mydoom.B worm, the existence of which the FBI described as a result of "criminally negligent practices." at the Redmond, WA company.
