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Former CIA Software Engineer Accused of “Vault 7” Leak Indicted

HeadlineJun 19, 2018

Former CIA software engineer Joshua Adam Schulte has been indicted on charges of violating the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking thousands of documents last year revealing CIA programs and tools that are capable of hacking into both Apple and Android cellphones. WikiLeaks published the documents last March under the name “Vault 7,” calling it the largest leak of secret CIA documents in history. Joshua Adam Schulte is already in federal custody on child pornography charges.

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