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🚨🚨🚨 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.
What happened to responsible disclosure?
Oh yeah, seeking them is more profitable.
@zackwhittaker @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange breaking news: crooks with zero-day exploits will be crooks and sell to the highest bidder. More at 11.
There are no good guys dealing in zero-day exploits. This entire industry needs to burn in a big fire.
@zackwhittaker @lorenzofb
This is why "backdoors" mandated by your "friendly government" are nonsense.
Not long before criminals and nasty governments would have the "keys".
@zackwhittaker @lorenzofb Why do we never get the cool stuff from our promised cyberpunk future, only the terrible, evil stuff
@zackwhittaker @lorenzofb This sounds an awful lot like treason but he is an Australian citizen
Major kudos, Lorenzo!
Here's some of the background by @lorenzofb from last week. The DOJ confirming that the trade secrets are in fact exploits is... pretty eye-watering.
@zackwhittaker @lorenzofb “Williams pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing trade secrets, which each can carry a sentence of 10 years in prison. He will be sentenced in January 2026, prosecutors said.” Why am I thinking this sounds like a slap on the wrist. #KRASNOV
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