U.S. authorities announce $3 million bounty for Russian hacker

Evgeniy Bogachev.
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The U.S. State Department and FBI announced Tuesday they are offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Evgeniy Bogachev, a Russian national who was the alleged administrator of a computer attack network called GameOver Zeus.

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The reward is the highest ever offered by U.S. authorities in a cyber case, Reuters reports. Bogachev has been charged by federal authorities in Pittsburgh with conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, computer hacking, and money laundering in connection with GameOver Zeus, which allegedly stole more than $100 million from bank accounts online. Bogachev is also facing federal bank fraud conspiracy charges in Omaha, in connection to his alleged involvement in an earlier malware called Jabber Zeus. The FBI believes he is currently in Russia.

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Catherine Garcia

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.