Marc Baier, Ryan Adams, and Daniel Gericke provided their services to a company that ran sophisticated hacking operations for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government against various targets. The three agreed to pay $1,685,000 in penalties to not be prosecuted for violations of U.S. export control, computer fraud, and access device fraud laws. The DPA is the first of its kind and seeks to limit the proliferation of offensive cyber capabilities undermines privacy and security worldwide”]