Reporting Foreign Interference in US Elections Can Earn You a $10M Reward

In a bid to crack downward on "illegal cyber activities" surrounding any and all United states elections, the US Department of State is offer up to a $ten million reward.

Equally part of the US Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program, the new "Foreign Election Interference" reward is being offered in render for "information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction of or under the control of a strange government, interferes with any Us federal, state, or local election by violating section 1030 of title xviii."

US Election Fraud Reward Poster

As ZDNet reports, the reward payout is quite specific and only applies to hackers working for strange governments. The Department of Country has gone into more detail as to the types of activity it believes could be underway, "Foreign adversaries could employ malicious cyber operations targeting election infrastructure, including voter registration databases and voting machines, to impair an ballot in the United States ... Such adversaries could likewise behave malicious cyber operations against U.S. political organizations or campaigns to steal confidential information and and so leak that information every bit part of influence operations to undermine political organizations or candidates." It hopes this advantage volition help prevent whatever such activity being successful.

Administered past the Diplomatic Security Service, the Rewards for Justice Program was first introduced back in 1984 and has already paid out more than $150 million to over 100 people. Rewards north of $25 million tin be awarded if the Secretary of Land "determines that a greater amount is necessary to combat terrorism or to defend the United states confronting terrorist acts." Simply for illegal activity surrounding US elections, the limit has been set at a yet very healthy $10 million.

Posters to accompany the new reward annunciation have been produced in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Persian, Russian, and Spanish. Anyone with relevant data is being encouraged to contact Rewards for Justice direct via the [email protected] email address or the tips line 001-202-999-5113.