Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker | TechCrunch

Former L3Harris Trenchant Boss Pleads Guilty to Selling Zero-Day Exploits

Peter Williams, the former general manager at defense contractor L3Harris, has pleaded guilty to selling surveillance technology to a Russian broker.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer over a three-year period. The stolen material included national-security focused software with at least eight sensitive and protected cyber-exploit components.

Those components were meant to be sold exclusively to the U.S. government and select allies.

Author's summary: Former L3Harris boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russia.

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