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Man who allegedly leaked CIA hacking tools says he’s been tortured and is owed $50 billion

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A former CIA computer engineer compared himself to a victim of the Nazis and said the government has caused him to lose more than $50 billion in income in a new court filing accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of violating his civil rights. Joshua Schulte, a former software engineer, has filed a preliminary complaint seeking immediate release from federal detention, according to court documents filed earlier this month. Schulte was arrested in 2017, accused of crimes including sexual assault, possessing child pornography and, later, providing documents detailing CIA hacking capabilities to WikiLeaks. Schulte now argues that he has suffered “irreparable harm from torture imposed by the Federal Terrorists” and that he needs to be released in order to prepare a legal defense. The complaint was first noticed by independent journalist Marcy Wheeler. His argument asserts that there is no difference between pretrial detention and federal incarceration. It then goes on […]

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Accused CIA Leaker Faces New Charges of Leaking Information From Prison

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Joshua Adam Schulte, a 30-year-old former CIA computer programmer who was indicted over four months ago for masterminding the largest leak of classified information in the agency’s history, has now been issued three new charges.

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Accused ‘Vault 7’ leaker to face new charges

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The Department of Justice is looking to issue new charges against a man who is alleged to have stolen classified data from the Central Intelligence Agency and given it to WikiLeaks. In filings Wednesday in federal court in New York, prosecutors asked to add three charges to Joshua Schulte’s indictment, stemming from alleged new attempts to leak information related to his case. In June, Schulte was charged with leaking a collection of U.S. hacking tools used for global spying. He’s suspected of transmitting the data to WikiLeaks, which then published the information under the name “Vault 7.” He was also charged with possession and transportation of child pornography. In May, prosecutors say Schulte passed classified information related to his case to his family members for purposes of dissemination to other third parties, including the media. After a hearing in which the court told Schulte to stop and that it would enforce rules surrounding the […]

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DNI official: Leaks won’t stop intelligence agencies’ digitization

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The leaks of sensitive cyber tools from U.S. spy agencies in recent years will not impede the intelligence community’s push to adopt cloud computing and other hallmarks of a digitized world, according to a top intelligence official. “In a world that is more connected, I worry about security all the time,” Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence, told CyberScoop, but “I’m not disproportionately worried about cloud security because I can see some real advantages to it.” “I think what’s nice about a more connected infrastructure is the ability to monitor” networks and detect threats, Gordon said. The U.S. intelligence community has suffered high-profile exposures of its hacking capabilities, including last year’s “Vault 7” episode, in which a former CIA employee allegedly leaked information on numerous U.S. government zero-day exploits, among other tools. In the wake of the leaks, U.S. intelligence agencies have continued to wrestle with how to […]

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Ex-CIA employee charged with leaking ‘Vault 7’ hacking tools to Wikileaks

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A 29-year-old former CIA computer programmer who was charged with possession of child pornography last year has now been charged with masterminding the largest leak of classified information in the agency’s history.

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Ex-CIA employee charged in ‘Vault 7’ leaks

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A former CIA employee was charged on Monday with leaking a collection of U.S. hacking tools used for global spying. Joshua Adam Schulte, who previously worked for both the NSA and CIA, faces charges for allegedly stealing and transmitting classified national defense information. He’s suspected of transmitting the data to WikiLeaks who then published the information under the name “Vault 7.” Schulte, 29, is also charged with possession and transportation of child pornography. The maximum penalty is 130 years in prison. The Vault 7 leaks became public in March 2017, giving an unprecedented look at the CIA’s hacking capabilities. WikiLeaks spent subsequent months publishing further data from the leak. Prosecutors say Schulte stole the data beginning in March 2016. Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr. said Schulte “utterly betrayed this nation.” Schulte pleaded not guilty to the child pornography charges and has steadfastly denied any involvement in the Vault 7 case. WikiLeaks reacted […]

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Project Zero, Securus, and CIA’s “Vault 7” Mega-Leak – Paul’s Security Weekly #560

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Google Project Zero call Windows 10 Edge Defense ACG flawed, Wapiti Web Application vulnerability scanner 3.0.1 packet storm, CIA’s “Vault 7” Mega-Leak, and Trump eliminates national cyber-coordinator! Paul’s Stories Google Proj… Continue reading Project Zero, Securus, and CIA’s “Vault 7” Mega-Leak – Paul’s Security Weekly #560→