Documents presented in court suggest that Williams sold the exploits to Operation Zero, a Russian zero-day acquisition companyoffering tens of millionsfor Android and iOS exploits.While the defense contractor has not been named, Williams was an executive at Trenchant, a division of L3Harris. He reportedly blamed a Trenchant developer working on iOS exploits for leaking Chrome exploits and fired him.In addition to the 87-month prison term, Williams was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $1.3 million in cryptocurrency and property, including a house, watches, and jewelry.“Peter Williams stole a U.S. defense contractor’s trade secrets about highly sensitive cyber capabilities and sold them to a broker whose clients include the Russian government, putting our national security and countless potential victims at risk,” said FBI Counterintelligence Division assistant director Roman Rozhavsky.Related:Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in SpainRelated:Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT FraudRelated:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
While the defense contractor has not been named, Williams was an executive at Trenchant, a division of L3Harris. He reportedly blamed a Trenchant developer working on iOS exploits for leaking Chrome exploits and fired him.In addition to the 87-month prison term, Williams was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $1.3 million in cryptocurrency and property, including a house, watches, and jewelry.“Peter Williams stole a U.S. defense contractor’s trade secrets about highly sensitive cyber capabilities and sold them to a broker whose clients include the Russian government, putting our national security and countless potential victims at risk,” said FBI Counterintelligence Division assistant director Roman Rozhavsky.Related:Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in SpainRelated:Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT FraudRelated:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
In addition to the 87-month prison term, Williams was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $1.3 million in cryptocurrency and property, including a house, watches, and jewelry.“Peter Williams stole a U.S. defense contractor’s trade secrets about highly sensitive cyber capabilities and sold them to a broker whose clients include the Russian government, putting our national security and countless potential victims at risk,” said FBI Counterintelligence Division assistant director Roman Rozhavsky.Related:Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in SpainRelated:Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT FraudRelated:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
“Peter Williams stole a U.S. defense contractor’s trade secrets about highly sensitive cyber capabilities and sold them to a broker whose clients include the Russian government, putting our national security and countless potential victims at risk,” said FBI Counterintelligence Division assistant director Roman Rozhavsky.Related:Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in SpainRelated:Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT FraudRelated:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
Related:Anonymous Fénix Members Arrested in SpainRelated:Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT FraudRelated:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
Related:Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT FraudRelated:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
Related:Romanian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to US State NetworkRelated:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
Related:Man Linked to Phobos Ransomware Arrested in Poland
Ionut Arghire is an international correspondent for SecurityWeek.
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