Russian pleads not guilty in foiled Tesla ransomware plot

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A Russian citizen accused of offering a Tesla employee US$1 million to enable a ransomware attack at the electric car company's plant in Nevada denied wrongdoing Thursday before a federal magistrate judge.

"I'm not guilty," Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov said in response to a charge of conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer.Kriuchkov, 26, also told U.S. Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin that he knew the Russian government was aware of his case. Authorities have not alleged that Kriuchkov has ties to the Kremlin. Authorities initially said he was 27.

A conviction could bring a sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, said Nicholas Trutanich, U.S. attorney in Nevada. Deportation could follow a prison term. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acknowledged his company was the target of what he termed a serious effort to collect company secrets. Tesla has a massive factory near Reno that makes batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage units. Company officials did not immediately respond Thursday to messages.

His appointed attorneys, federal public defenders Sylvia Irvin and Brandon Jaroch, did not immediately respond to messages about his court appearance, which was held by videoconference due to restrictions on in-person gatherings amid the pandemic.

 

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