U.S. government officials are looking into a former CIA employee for his possible role in leaking a trove of the agency’s cyber espionage tools to WikiLeaks. Joshua Adam Schulte, who has worked for technical directorates at National Security Agency and the CIA, was charged with child pornography possession in August 2017. However, prosecutors have publicly revealed Schulte to be a key suspect in the Vault 7 leaks after seizing computer equipment, notebooks and handwritten notes from his apartment. The Washington Post first reported on Schulte’s relation to the case. Schulte, 29, has pleaded not guilty to the child pornography charges. His lawyers maintain he had nothing to do with the Vault 7 leaks, and he has not been charged with any crimes related to the case. Starting in March 2017, the Vault 7 leaks gave access to a trove of hacking tools and documentation on electronic surveillance capabilities that was initially […]
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