Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person “who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government, participates in malicious cyber activities against U.S. critical infrastructure in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).” The latest reward falls under the U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) Program.