STUNG by computer viruses that mocked its boss, blocked its servers and cost customers millions, Microsoft has finally put a price on the head of the authors of rogue code.
The firm said last week that bounties totalling $5 million will be offered for information leading to the conviction of virus creators. The first $250,000 is being offered for information on those responsible for releasing Sobig and MSBlast, two viruses that infected hundreds of thousands of Windows PCs earlier this year.
Security experts hope that rewards will exploit rifts in virus-writing cabals and allow authors to be brought to…
