Russian Agent Alexey Karetnikov Had Job at Microsoft
A 12th Russian spy acting inside the US worked at Microsoft before his arrest and deportation, suggesting that he and the other Kremlin agents apprehended in the country were seeking inside information on technology as well as personal contacts. Before Alexey Karetnikov, 23, was picked up for immigration law violations on June 28 he had tested codes at the worlds biggest software companys headquarters in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday.
Mr Karetnikov, who was deported on Tuesday, had only been in the junior-level job nine months, and like other spies arrested at the same time apparently collected nothing that would damage US security. But Mr Karetnikovs position, and those of the other 11, suggest that the operation deployed software to capture secrets and sought access to programmes that could have given Russia significant leverage in computerised espionage.
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