Ex-CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison. Joshua Schulte worked for a CIA hacker team between 2012 and 2016.
He collected malware used by the US foreign secret service for cyber espionage and later passed it on to WikiLeaks. The theft and publication of the programs "immediately and severely damaged" the CIA's ability to collect intelligence on US adversaries. CIA employees and programs were at risk and the data leak cost the secret service "hundreds of millions of dollars" He was convicted of making false statements and contempt of court in 2020 and found guilty on espionage and hacking charges in 2022.