The US State Department is providing up to $ 10 million in rewards for information on cyber criminals looking to interfere in the 2020 elections under the guidance of foreign governments.

The Rewards for Justice program, run by the Diplomatic Security Service, announced millions of dollars in rewards this week, hoping to pinpoint infiltrators before trying to topple the 2020 elections.

The advertisement says, "Rewards for justice, known as RFJ," provide up to $ 10 million to obtain information that leads to the identification or location of any person who interferes in an election, whether he or she is acting at the direction of a foreign government or under Control, in any federal, government, or local elections in the United States. "

"If you have any information about malicious cyber operations targeting the US election or its infrastructure, please contact us at the guidelines below," the publication added.

The program published the advertisement in 8 different languages ​​on its website, which are: Arabic, Chinese, English, Persian, French, Korean, Russian and Spanish. The hint lines include a phone number and a QR code that can be scanned.

The multi-million dollar rewards program comes as cyber security professionals warn of the integrity of the upcoming elections.

Intelligence officials said Russia was already meddling in the 2020 campaign to support President Trump's re-election (Reuters)

It is noteworthy that there are already fears of foreign interference in this year's elections to be held next November. In February, intelligence officials said that Russia was already involved in the 2020 campaign to support the re-election of President Donald Trump. In the same month, officials also said that Russia was meddling in the Democratic primary to help Bernie Sanders.

Almost a third of cybersecurity experts and hackers are believed to have attended the "Black Hat USA 2020" conference dedicated to cyber security; Electronic attacks and misleading information will make the results of the upcoming elections always "in doubt," according to a poll of 273 participants conducted before the conference.

However, director of Cyber ​​Security and Infrastructure Security Chris Krebs told attendees at the conference this week that the November elections will be "the most protected election in recent history."