Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted after the arrest of Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov in August that Musk called the company the goal of a serious effort to collect company secrets.

A Russian man was sentenced to a full sentence on Monday and will plead guilty for trying to pay Tesla employees US$500,000 to install computer malware at the company’s Nevada battery factory to steal company secrets and will plead him guilty from the United States deport. Ask for a ransom.

Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov appeared in a video conference in the prison and apologized after the U.S. District Judge Miranda Du of Reno admitted that the hacking was unsuccessful and the company’s network was not damaged.

“I am sorry for my decision. I am sorry,” Kriuchkov, 27, said through a Russian court interpreter.

The lawyer appointed by the court, Chris Frey, said that Kryuchkov spoke fluent English, but the judge still provided an interpreter.

Kryuchkov said that the nine months he was held in the United States reminded him of the pain he caused to his family in Russia and the damage to his reputation. Several family members sent e-mails to the judge for clemency.

Kriokov said: “I know this is a wrong decision,” he may face up to five years in prison and a fine of 250,000 US dollars.

The judge agreed not to use the company name in court and agreed to the plea agreement reached between the prosecutor and Kryuchkov.

Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov said that his nine months in custody in the United States reminded him of the family suffering and reputation damage he caused in Russia [File: Washoe County Sheriff’s Office via AP]

In March, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison for conspiracy to intentionally damage a protected computer. Pay approximately $14,825 in compensation to allow the company time to investigate the attempted invasion and transfer the case to the FBI; and if he remains in the United States or returns from abroad, it will be three years of federal supervision. He will be detained until he leaves the country.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted after Kruichkov was arrested in Los Angeles in August that Musk called the company the goal of a serious effort to collect company secrets. Federal authorities have stated that Kryuchkov is preparing to leave the country at the airport.

Tesla has a large factory near Reno that produces batteries for electric cars and energy storage units. Company officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

The judge ruled that Kliokov’s payment of unidentified employees was $500,000. She has not dealt with previous reports, claiming that the bribe amount was US$1 million.

Federal authorities praised the employee for reporting Kryuchkov’s proposal to company officials.

The hacker was designed as a distributed denial of service attack, using junk data to flood Tesla’s computer system, and the second intrusion will allow the accomplices to extract data from the company’s network and demand a ransom, with the threat of public information. .

Other suspected accomplices were identified by nicknames in court documents and mentioned at least one failed effort against another unidentified company.

Kryuchkov told the judge in September that he knew the Russian government was aware of his case, but the prosecutor and the FBI never claimed to be in contact with the Kremlin.

Du said: “There is no doubt that this crime is serious.” He expressed concern about “these types of cyber extortion crimes” in the United States and other countries. “Fortunately, the plan did not succeed.”