A former L3Harris executive pleads guilty in a US district court to selling eight zero-day exploits to a Russian broker in exchange for millions of dollars
* “at least eight sensitive and protected cyber-exploit components” illegally sold to “a Russian cyber-tools broker” (for ~$1.3m). Obviously at a huge discount, bc super illegal — But separately “[AUSA Pirro] said Williams' conduct caused over $35 million in losses” to L3Harris @pwnallthethings : So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors — bsky.app/profile/lega... [embedded post] Joseph Menn / @joemenn : Former employee at big US defense contractor L3Harris pleads guilty to selling 8 hacking exploits to Russian broker for millions in cryptocurrency. If he had been a solo researcher, would it have still been illegal? cyberscoop.com/peter-willia... Marcus Hutchins / @malwaretech.com : The general manager of a US defense contractor selling sensitive stolen technology to Russia, then his seized assets being almost entire fake watches, is really something 😆 — techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/f... [images] Mastodon: Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : yes, L3 almost certainly wants to apologise to the guy who was fired since he was fired by somebody who literally did the thing he fired somebody for. — https://www.wired.com/... [image] Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb@infosec … : NEW: Peter Williams, the former head of Western zero-day and spyware maker Trenchant, pleaded guilty to selling eight exploits to a Russian broker that resells to the Russian government. — The DOJ said Williams was promised millions of dollars in exchange for “national-security focused software.” … Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social : 🚨🚨🚨 Absolutely insane stuff here. @lorenzofb spent months working on this story. — Peter Williams, former L3Harris Trenchant boss — the division that makes cyber exploits, zero-days and spyware for Western governments — has pleaded guilty to selling Trenchant's exploits to Russia. … Forums: r/cybersecurity : Former US defense contractor employee pleads guilty to selling hacking tools to buyer in Russia