Infosec designer gets over 21 years behind bars for crimes

TLDR:

• Jareh Sebastian Dalke, former NSA employee, sentenced to over 21 years in prison for attempting to transmit classified information to a Russian agent.
• Dalke used an encrypted email account to send excerpts of classified documents to an FBI online covert employee, believing them to be a Russian agent.

Former NSA employee, Jareh Sebastian Dalke, has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to transmit classified National Defense Information to a foreign agent. Dalke, who was an Information Systems Security Designer at the NSA, used an encrypted email account to share excerpts of classified documents with someone he believed to be a Russian agent, but who turned out to be an FBI covert employee. This act ultimately led to his arrest by the FBI. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray both emphasized the consequences of betraying national trust, highlighting the seriousness of Dalke’s actions and the importance of holding individuals accountable for attempting espionage.