"Williams headed Trenchant, the division at L3Harris that develops spyware, exploits, and zero-days - security vulnerabilities in software that are unknown to its maker. Trenchant sells its surveillance tech to government customers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom, the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance. Trenchant was founded after L3Harris in 2019 acquired two Australian sister startups, Azimuth and Linchpin Labs, which developed and sold zero-days to the Five Eyes alliance of countries."
""The material, stolen over a three-year period from the U.S. defense contractor where he worked, was comprised of national-security focused software that included at least eight sensitive and protected cyber-exploit components," read the DOJ's press release on Wednesday. "Those components were meant to be sold exclusively to the U.S. government and select allies." Prosecutors now say Williams exploited his access to the company's "secure network to steal the cyber exploit components.""
Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian citizen residing in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to selling surveillance and cyber-exploit technology stolen from L3Harris. The material, taken over a three-year period, included at least eight sensitive and protected cyber-exploit components intended for sale exclusively to the U.S. government and select allies. Williams exploited access to Trenchant's secure network to steal the components and signed contracts with an unnamed Russian broker that promised millions in cryptocurrency, including initial and periodic follow-on payments for support. Trenchant develops spyware, exploits and zero-days and sells to Five Eyes government customers.
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