RENO, Nev. – A Russian man has pleaded guilty to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to get computer malware into the electric car company’s massive electric battery plant in Nevada for a ransomware attack that never happened, according to court records.
Federal public defenders representing Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov did not immediately respond Friday to messages seeking details about his plea entered Thursday in U.S.
District Court in Reno. Kriuchkov, 27, told a judge in September that he knew the Russian government was aware of his case. Prosecutors and the FBI have not alleged he had ties to the Kremlin.
Kriuchkov is expected to face no more than 10 months in prison under terms of his plea agreement. He has been in custody for seven