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Former CIA Officer Jailed For 40 Years Over Espionage, Child Pornography - Justice Dept.
Former CIA Officer Jailed For 40 Years Over Espionage, Child Pornography - Justice Dept.
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A federal judge has sentenced ex-CIA officer Joshua Adam Schulte to 40 years in jail for the biggest data breach in the agency's history, espionage and child pornography.
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"...Schulte was sentenced to 40 years in prison by US District Judge Jesse Furman for crimes of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI, and child pornography," the release said on Thursday.Schulte was convicted at trials that concluded on March 9, 2020 and September 13, 2022, the Justice Department said. "Schulte's theft is the largest data breach in the history of the CIA, and his transmission of that stolen information to Wikileaks is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in the history of the United States." the release said.According to court documents, from 2012 to 2016, Schulte was employed as a software developer in the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI). In 2016, Schulte used his access to steal copies of the entire CCI tool development archives and then transmit them to WikiLeaks.The effect was described at trial by the former CIA Deputy Director of Digital Innovation as a "digital Pearl Harbor" that caused exceptionally grave harm to the national security of the United States, the release said.
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Former CIA Officer Jailed For 40 Years Over Espionage, Child Pornography - Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A federal judge has sentenced former CIA officer Joshua Adam Schulte to 40 years in jail for the biggest data breach in the agency's history, espionage and child pornography, the Department of Justice announced in a press release.
"...Schulte was sentenced to 40 years in prison by US District Judge Jesse Furman for crimes of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI, and child pornography," the release said on Thursday.
23 February 2017, 15:04 GMT
Schulte was convicted at trials that concluded on March 9, 2020 and September 13, 2022, the Justice Department said. "Schulte's theft is the largest data breach in the history of the CIA, and his transmission of that stolen information to Wikileaks is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in the history of the United States." the release said.
According to court documents, from 2012 to 2016, Schulte was employed as a software developer in the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI). In 2016, Schulte used his access to steal copies of the entire CCI tool development archives and then transmit them to WikiLeaks.
20 December 2023, 04:27 GMT
The effect was described at trial by the former CIA Deputy Director of Digital Innovation as a "digital Pearl Harbor" that caused exceptionally grave harm to the national security of the United States, the release said.
