Feds put $10m bounty on Putin pal accused of bankrolling US election troll farm
The Feds have put up a $10 million reward for information about foreign interference in US elections in general, and more specifically a Russian oligarch and close friend of President Vladimir Putin accused of funding an organization that meddled in the 2016 presidential elections., specifically seeks intel on Russia's Internet Research Agency , businessman Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, and any"linked Russian entities and associates for their engagement in US election interference.
According to the US government and private security researchers, this gang of cybergoons set up a virtual private network of servers in the US along with hundreds of fake social media accounts purporting to be genuine grass-roots activists to spread fake news, sow political discord, turn Americans against each other, and help stage rallies.
By the summer of 2016, the troll farm was spending $1.25 million a month targeting Americans with social media messaging, according to an earlier Cisco Talos report [Prigozhin, meanwhile, was the alleged money man behind the operation. The Russian oligarch has close ties to Putin, garnering him the nickname"
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