A former NSA employee, Jareh Sebastian Dalke, was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia. Despite his short tenure, Dalke made contact with who he thought was a Russian agent but was actually an FBI undercover agent. He shared snippets of top-secret documents and demanded $85,000 for more
Dalke was arrested after transferring files to the supposed spy, pleading guilty in October 2023. The U.S. Justice Department expressed his intent to benefit Russia would injure the U.S., serving as a warning that betraying national defense trust carries consequences. ```https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/ex-nsa-employee-sentenced-to-22-years.html