The U.S. Is Now Putting Bounties On The Heads of HackersSM Gibson Since then, the DOJ has employed an age-old technique that they are hoping will entice someone to turn in the 31-year-old to US authorities. They have placed a hefty bounty on his head. The U.S. government is offering $3 million to anyone with information that leads to the apprehension of the Russian. Bogachevspicture has since been plastered on FBI Wanted posters all over the world. Weve really not done something like this in cyber cases, said Robert Anderson, an FBI executive assistant director. All of a sudden, somebodys putting an X on somebody, saying, Bring him to justice, you get $3 million. The reward is being offered under a two-year-old State Department program that has so far paid out over $20 million for the whereabouts of fugitives. Although this is the first case where a bounty has been offered on a cyber criminal, the program has led to the arrest ofinternational smugglers and wildlife traffickers, among others. Time will tell whether this is a successful tactic or not, according to Shawn Henry,a retired executive assistant director of the FBI and president of CrowdStrike Services, a security technology company.Its a strategy, and its certainly not the sole strategy. SM Gibson writes for TheAntiMedia.org, where this article first appeared. Tune in to the Anti-Media radio show Monday through Friday @ 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. 