Former CIA Officer Sentenced to 40 Years for Leaking Classified Tools to Wikileaks
Joshua Schulte, a former CIA officer, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking classified hacking tools to Wikileaks. Schulte was also found guilty of possessing child abuse images.
The leaked tools, known as “Vault 7,” allowed intelligence officers to hack smartphones and use them as listening devices. Vault 7″ is a substantial collection of material about CIA activities obtained by WikiLeaks.