Ex-NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty to 20-Year-Long Theft of Classified Data

A former National Security Agency contractor—who stole an enormous amount of sensitive information from the agency and then stored it at his home and car for over two decades—today changed his plea to guilty.

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Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker

Remember “The Shadow Brokers” and the arrest of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing 50 Terabytes of top secret documents from the intelligence agency?

It turns out that, Kaspersky Lab, which has been banned in US government computers over spyi… Continue reading Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker

NSA Leaker ‘Reality Winner’ Gets More Than 5 Years in Prison

A former NSA contractor, who pleaded guilty to leaking a classified report on Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election to an online news outlet last year, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison.

Reality Winner, a 26-… Continue reading NSA Leaker ‘Reality Winner’ Gets More Than 5 Years in Prison

Kaspersky: NSA Worker’s Computer Was Already Infected With Malware

Refuting allegations that its anti-virus product helped Russian spies steal classified files from an NSA employee’s laptop, Kaspersky Lab has released more findings that suggest the computer in question may have been infected with malware.

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U.S. Believes Russian Spies Used Kaspersky Antivirus to Steal NSA Secrets

Do you know—United States Government has banned federal agencies from using Kaspersky antivirus software over spying fear?

Though there’s no solid evidence yet available, an article published by WSJ claims that the Russian state-sponsored hackers stole highly classified NSA documents from a contractor in 2015 with the help of a security program made by Russia-based security firm Kaspersky Lab

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FBI Arrests NSA Contractor for Leaking Secrets – Here’s How they Caught Her

The FBI arrested a 25-year-old NSA contractor on Saturday (3rd June) for leaking classified information to an online news outlet which published its report yesterday (5th June) — meaning the arrest was made two days before the actual disclosure went online.

Reality Leigh Winner, who held a top-secret security clearance and worked as a government contractor in Georgia with Pluribus

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Ex-NSA Contractor Stole 50 TB of Classified Data; Includes Top-Secret Hacking Tools

Almost two months ago, the FBI quietly arrested NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin III for stealing an enormous number of top secret documents from the intelligence agency.

Now, according to a court document filed Thursday, the FBI seized at least 50… Continue reading Ex-NSA Contractor Stole 50 TB of Classified Data; Includes Top-Secret Hacking Tools

BREAKING! Another NSA Contractor Arrested For Stealing ‘Secret’ Documents

Another Edward Snowden?

The FBI has secretly busted another National Security Agency (NSA) contractor over a massive secret data theft.

The United States Justice Department charged Harold Thomas Martin, 51, with theft of highly classified government … Continue reading BREAKING! Another NSA Contractor Arrested For Stealing ‘Secret’ Documents