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US offers $10M reward for snitching on trio of Russians that hacked critical infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware

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The U.S. Department of State is offering a $10 million reward for information on three Russian hackers who targeted U.S. critical infrastructure on behalf of the Russian government. The hackers, identified as Marat Valeryevich Tyukov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gavrilov, and Pavel Aleksandrovich Akulovof, are officers in Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). The hackers exploited a vulnerability in Cisco equipment, affecting the Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS and IOS XE software. The State Department provided details on how to submit information about the hackers via Tor, and similar bounties can be found on the Rewards for Justice website.