Russian developers did some of the coding work for a Defense Department software system and stored that code inside a server in Moscow, according to a non-prosecution agreement released Monday.
Those Russian coders only worked on unclassified portions of the Defense Information Systems Agency project, but, in some cases, knew they were helping to develop a highly sensitive system that would attach to Defense Department information networks, according to the agreement between the Justice Department and Netcracker Technology Corp., the subcontractor that hired the Russian coders.
The non-prosecution deal ends a criminal investigation against Netcracker that was led by the Justice Department’s national security division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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