The US has started to put bounties on the heads of hackers
From: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI considers Evgeniy Bogachev one of the world’s most prolific and brilliant cyber criminals, slapping his photos – bald, beefy-faced and smiling faintly – on “Wanted” fliers posted online. The Russian would be an ideal target for prosecution – if only the Justice Department could find him.
Unable to capture him in the 10 months since his indictment, the government has turned to a time-honored technique long used for more conventional crime: putting a bounty on Bogachev’s head.
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