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U.S. offers $10 million for tips on foreign hackers

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Man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday offered up to $10 million for information that can identify or locate malicious cyber actors working at the behest of a foreign government to target critical U.S. infrastructure.

The U.S. State Department said in a statement that “certain malicious cyber operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure may violate the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)” and that it has “set up a Dark Web (Tor-based) tips-reporting channel to protect the safety and security of potential sources.”

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Kevin Liffey)