The government’s Rewards for Justice program has announced a $10 million reward for information on Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov (Максим Александрович Рудомётов), born in 1999 in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. Rudometov allegedly developed and has sold the infostealer malware known as RedLine.
“Rudometov has regularly accessed and managed the technical infrastructure of RedLine , is associated with various cryptocurrency accounts used to receive and launder payments, and is in possession of RedLine malware. He has used online monikers “dendimirror”, “alinchok”, “ghackihg”, “makc1901”, “navi_ghacking”, and “bloodzz.fenix” among others,” the government writes.
In February 2022, Rudometov fled to Krasnodar, Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Charges against Rudometov were previously unsealed in October, 2024.
Anyone with information on foreign government linked associates of Rudometov, or their malicious cyber activities, or foreign government-linked use of RedLine malware, should contact Rewards for Justice via their Tor-based tips-reporting channel at: he5dybnt7sr6cm32xt77pazmtm65flqy6irivtflruqfc5ep7eiodiad.onion (Tor browser required).