A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris executive Peter Williams to 7+ years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits
Additionally, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russian zero-day brokerage that Peter Williams sold the exploits to. — Learn more.
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Discussion
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@runasand
Runa Sandvik
on bluesky
Trenchant and L3Harris had an exec steal internal tools for three *years* — and sell them to a Russian broker — before anyone noticed. cyberscoop.com/l3harris-exe... [image]
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@lorenzofb
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
on bluesky
This is the first time the U.S. government alleges that the zero-days stolen by Williams ended up somewhere beyond Operation Zero, potentially a foreign intelligence agency. — Treasury also said Operation Zero worked with a Trickbot ransomware member, who also got sanctioned.
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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Zack Whittaker
on mastodon
NEW: The U.S. Treasury is sanctioning a Russian zero-day broker called Operation Zero. U.S. officials confirmed that Operation Zero was the company that bought exploits stolen by the former boss of U.S. defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant. — Trenchant made hacking tools for …
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@runasand
Runa Sandvik
on x
Trenchant and L3Harris had an exec steal internal tools for three *years* — and sell them to a Russian broker — before anyone noticed. https://cyberscoop.com/... [image]
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@ddimolfetta
David DiMolfetta
on x
The Treasury sanctions align with an FBI investigation into Peter Williams, a former employee of U.S. defense contractor L3Harris who pleaded guilty to selling cyber exploits to a Russian entity: https://www.nextgov.com/...