Security News > 2020 > August > State Department offers $10 million for info on hackers targeting U.S. elections

Though the attackers apparently didn't make changes to votes or voter rolls, the revelation was enough to raise doubts about voting security.

In the meantime, the federal government is providing state and local officials with additional tools - endpoint detection and response software - to help defend the nation's election systems from cyberthreats ahead of the November vote.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of State offered "a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who works with or for a foreign government for the purpose of interfering with U.S. elections through certain illegal cyber activities."

"The reward offer seeks information on the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction of or under the control of a foreign government, interferes with any U.S. federal, state, or local election by aiding or abetting a violation of section 1030 of title 18, which relates to computer fraud and abuse," the State Department noted.

As U.S. President Donald Trump claims that voting by mail opens the voting process for potential fraud and corruption, then backtracks, some voters have started doubting the security of the options.

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