Ex-NSA worker sold gov't secrets for crypto to benefit Russia
A former National Security Agency ( NSA ) employee may face life in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to sell US defense secrets to R US sia in exchange for crypto . 31-year-old Jareh Sebastian Dalke leaked four top secret files and excerpts of three more while working as an information systems security designer for the NSA. Dalke shared these files with an FBI online covert employee (OCE) whom he believed was a Russian Federation agent. Last week’s plea agreement says he shared the top secret documents with the intent to “injure the United States and to benefit [Russia].” Dalke requested $85,000 in crypto for the documents and promised he could supply more in the future. For the three excerpts, the OCE sent Dalke $16,499 in undisclosed crypto. Protos reported last year that the crypto was likely Monero. The crypto was received through his Kraken account. Then he converted some of it into US dollars before sending the funds to a Colorado bank in his name. ...