"Ex-CIA Engineer Receives 40-Year Sentence for WikiLeaks Leaks"

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Source: The Guardian US
"Ex-CIA Engineer Receives 40-Year Sentence for WikiLeaks Leaks"
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Former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte was sentenced to 40 years in prison for espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI, and possession of child pornography. He was convicted of giving classified materials to WikiLeaks in the Vault 7 leak, which revealed CIA surveillance techniques. Prosecutors described it as the largest data breach in CIA history. Schulte's actions also involved possession of thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse.

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