Former DoE worker was hacking to steal nuclear secrets and resell them

A former employee at the Department of Energy (DoE), Charles Harvey Eccleston [62], has pleaded guilty of cyber espionage. The man attempted to infect al least 80 colleagues at the DOE spreading a malware with the intent to gain control of the victims’ machines.
The man was operating to open the door to foreign hackers, allowing them to exfiltrate sensitive information related to nuclear weapons.
According to the US Department of Justice, Eccleston attempted unauthorized access and intentional damage to a protected computer.
 
 
Original Source: Security Affairs
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