The US State Department is offering up to US $10 million for information about the whereabouts of Zhang Yu, a 44-year-old Chinese national who is accused of being a key figure in China's state-sponsored hacking group, Hafnium.
$10 million bounty offered for Chinese Hafnium hacker accused of Microsoft Exchange Server mega-attack
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