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MI6 software engineer sentenced for data breach

Summary: An ex-MI6 software engineer who tried to sell MI6 staff lists for £2m has been sentenced, the BBC reported on Friday.Daniel Houghton, who tried to sell the lists plus other information to Dutch intelligence agents, was sentenced to a year in jail.

Tom Espiner

By for Security Bulletin |

An ex-MI6 software engineer who tried to sell MI6 staff lists for £2m has been sentenced, the BBC reported on Friday.

Daniel Houghton, who tried to sell the lists plus other information to Dutch intelligence agents, was sentenced to a year in jail. He was freed on Friday having already spent 184 days in custody, said the BBC.

Topic: Security

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  • "MI6, who vetted Houghton before employing him, has declined to comment on the security breach." Says it all really.
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