The US State Department said it was “ready to pay up to $10 million for information about possible attacks on the US electoral system during the upcoming elections.”

The department noted that “the authorities will offer a financial reward to anyone who provides information that would allow the identification and location of any foreign individual or entity that knowingly participated in or was involved in hacker attacks on the White House.”

She explained that “foreign interference in elections includes certain conduct by foreigners that refers to covert, fraudulent or misleading illegal activities or attempts made with the specific intent to influence voters, undermine public confidence in electoral processes or institutions, or otherwise influence the elections. “undermine confidence or alter the results of the public vote.

He also explained that “the case could involve voter fraud, database intrusion, special influence, disinformation, malicious cyber campaigns or attacks.”

For his part, Avril Haynes, director of national intelligence, pointed out at a forum in Washington that “the United States began to record more attempts by hackers to influence the electoral process in the country.”