A 25-year-old Brit who used to work for the MI6 was sentenced to 12 months in jail after he attempted to sell secret information to Dutch intelligence agents.

Daniel Houghton, 25, of Hoxton, east London, worked as a software engineer for the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as the MI6, for five years, between 2004 and 2009.

Houghton contacted intelligence agents from The Netherlands and offered details about a specialized computer program used by MI6 and a list of Security Service (MI5) officers in exchange for £2 million (over $3 million).