The State Department announced its $10 million bounty for details on Conti members at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas in August and promoted the reward on casino chips with QR codes. (Photo by AJ Vicens/CyberScoop) State Department bounty program for cybercriminal tips has ‘born fruit,’ top FBI official says A top FBI cyber official says the program encourages people with intimate knowledge of cybercrime to report details to the U.S. government. Sep 8, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday offered up to $10 million in rewards for the identification or location of anyone trying to interfere in elections “through certain illegal cyber activities.” (Flickr / U.S. Secretary of Defense) State Department offers up to $10 million in rewards to ID hackers who interfere in election The offer comes as part of a program typically used to nab terrorism suspects. Aug 6, 2020 By Jeff Stone