NEW: This is how former L3Harris Trenchant boss Peter Williams was able to steal zero-days worth millions of dollars and sell them to a Russian broker, based on court documents and interviews with his former colleagues.  A former Trenchant employee told me that “no one had any supervision over [Williams] at all. He was kind of allowed to do things the way he wanted to.” “He was, in my opinion, perceived to be beyond reproach,” the former employee, who has knowledge of Trenchant's IT systems, told me.

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How an ex-L3Harris Trenchant boss stole and sold cyber exploits to Russia | TechCrunch

Peter Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian zero-day broker by smuggling them from his employer’s highly secured air-gapped network. A court ...

NEW: Peter Williams, the former head of Western zero-day and spyware maker Trenchant, pleaded guilty to selling eight exploits to a Russian broker that resells to the Russian government. The DOJ said Williams was promised millions of dollars in exchange for "national-security focused software."

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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker | TechCrunch

Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the T...

NEW: The U.S. govt accused Peter Williams, ex general manager of hacking tool maker L3Harris Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to buyer in Russia. As we reported earlier this week, Trenchant was investigating a leak of internal tools this year. At this point, it's unclear if that investigation is related to the accusations against Williams.

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US accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing and selling secrets to Russian buyer | TechCrunch

The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets ...