The Rewards for Justice Program (RFJ) is the United States'national security interagency program that offers reward for information leading to the location or an arrest of leaders of terrorist groups, financiers of terrorism, including any individual that abide in plotting attacks carried out by foreign terrorist organizations.[1] RFJ directly addresses the foreign threat by identifying entities such as key leaders and financial mechanism of the foreign terrorist organizations. The Rewards for Justice Program is managed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,[2]Central Intelligence Agency,National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Defense (DOD). Rewards for Justice is seeking information for individuals who operate under terrorist groups or terrorist organizations that participate in launching cyber-attacks against United States critical infrastructure such as electrical grids and renewable energy resources from United States Presidental election interferences.
On December 22, 2011, Rewards for Justice announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil (aka Yasin al-Suri), the leader of an al-Qaeda fundraising network in Iran that transfers money and recruits via Iranian territory to Pakistan and Afghanistan.[3] It marked the first time that Rewards for Justice offered a reward for information leading to a terrorist financier.[4] The program was established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism (Public Law 98-533),[5] and it is administered by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.[6] The Rewards for Justice Program was formerly known as the Counter-Terror Rewards Program, soon shortened to the HEROES program. In 1993, DS launched www.heroes.net[7] to help publicize reward information. By 1997, the site was getting more than one million hits a year from 102 countries.[8] Smith is also credited with the idea to put photos of wanted terrorists on matchbook covers.[9] DSS agents assigned to embassies and consulates throughout the world ensured that the matchbooks got wide distribution at bars and restaurants. The secretary of state is currently offering rewards for information that prevents or favorably resolves acts of international terrorism against U.S. persons or property worldwide. Rewards also may be paid for information leading to the arrest or conviction of terrorists attempting, committing, conspiring to commit, or aiding and abetting in the commission of such acts. As of 2022, The Rewards for Justice program has paid more than $250 million to 125 individuals for leading information that prevented international terrorist attacks or helped bring to justice those involved in prior acts.[10][11][12]
On August 10, 2022, a federal jury located within the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, indicted Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to recent activity in connection with computers, intentional damage to a protected computer, and transmitting a demand in connections to damaging a protected computer. The Rewards for Justice Program announced $10 million dollar through the approval of the United States Department of State administered by the United States Department of Treasury the amount offered on information in regard to the location or whereabouts of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also known as the Iranian cyber actors. During the press conference, the FBI asked for the help of public in seeking information for hackers. Later in the day, the FBI and Rewards for Justice had then uploaded a flyer for Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda, and for Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Electronic Warfare
Indicted of conspiracy charges to commit wire fraud related to recent activity in connection with computers, intentional damage to a protected computer, and transmitting a demand in connections damaging a protected computer
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Electronic Warfare
Indicted of conspiracy charges to commit wire fraud related to recent activity in connection with computers, intentional damage to a protected computer, and transmitting a demand in connections damaging a protected computer
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Electronic Warfare
Indicted of conspiracy charges to commit wire fraud related to recent activity in connection with computers, intentional damage to a protected computer, and transmitting a demand in connections damaging a protected computer
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command; IRGC-CEC; IRGC Jangal Organization; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defense Organization; Mr. Soul
Participated in malicious cyber activities against United States critical infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
Announcements
In April 2020, Rewards for Justice Program offered $5 million for information leading to identify North Korean hackers who target United States critical infrastructure.[29] The National Security Agency (NSA) and other U.S. foreign organizations released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory to expose the advanced persistent threat (APT) actors sponsor by Chinese government targeting critical infrastructure, social infrastructure, telecommunications, government websites, transportation, electrical grids and military infrastructures globally in an announced by NSA to counter any malicious threat actors. This CSA is being released by the following agencies and organizations of a respective government and intelligence agency outlined by United States Intelligence Agency.[30][31] The CSA[32], "Countering Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Compromise of Networks Worldwide to Feed Global Espionage System[33],"on tactic, techniques and procedures (TTPs) by malicious actors for using initial exploitation, persistence and exploitation.
The National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Defense (DOD) uploaded an announcement for new intelligence agencies which jointed Joint Cybersecurity Advisory.
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