Alleged Russian Spy Worked at Microsoft
Supposed spy work at Microsoft as a tester.
In what feels like a throwback to the Cold War, the U.S. federal authorities have captured and deported the 12th person in the continuing saga of the Russian spy ring.
According to the Washington Post, Alexey Karetnikov entered the United States in October and was living in the Seattle area, where he found a job with Redmond.
That's right, a man believed to be a Russian spy was employed at Microsoft – but only as a software tester. Microsoft confirmed that the man was working at Microsoft for about nine months. The company also confirmed that Karetnikov was deported last Tuesday.
Authorities did not have enough evidence to charge Karetnikov with a crime, but was able to deport him on grounds of immigration violations.
"He was just in the early stages; had just set up shop," said one senior federal law enforcement official, who added that the Russian had "obtained absolutely no information."
IDG news did some digging and came up with the Facebook page for Alexey V. Karetnikov, who said he graduated last year from St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University was formerly a senior developer at a company called Neobit.

If it warranted Russia sending a spy they won't tell us what they think it was after
When the FEDS want to go really secret (read it before) the use a custom Linux or Unix and a closed ring sometimes too.
I have just been hit with about 20 emails for replys to subjects I have posted on and they are all spam crap.
It's just not funny anymore.
I think the Russian Spy must have worked heavily on Vista perhaps?
If you think this is something new, you're sadly misinformed. The Cold War era spying never stopped. Spying is the world's 2nd oldest profession...
Some would say the 2nd and the 1st are the same thing
Screwing each other over?
What a messed up place we live in. Get back to reversing this crap in Nov.
Well you, for one need to care. Industrial espionage costs us jobs, which costs the country money and the country's money is your money and the job might be your job!!!
come on people...sigh~
I do agree that it is the second oldest profession and never stopped. My point was very clear as to why this is becoming and issue in the lime light now? Why all of a sudden are we reading news all over the place about spies??? Tell me if you go back for the last 15-20 years of news how many spy reports have been made by the news? Not many, but all of a sudden it is making headline news.... why?
That joke makes me sickle...
czar you kidding?!?!?!?
You have to be some kind of politico forum bot. Seriously, go troll on Fox news's forums because rational people just think you're a raving lunatic.
Prostitution being the first...?