Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
Army intelligence analyst charged with selling military secrets to contact in China for $42,000
An active duty Army soldier and intelligence analyst spent over a year selling sensitive military documents related to the U.S. defense of Taiwan, weapons systems, and missile defense systems to China, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Thursday and obtained by CBS News. Sergeant Korbein Schultz is accused of using his top secret security…
Read MoreAir Force employee allegedly leaked classified info on dating site
Federal authorities are accusing a civilian Air Force employee of allegedly sending classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine to a romantic interest through a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department announced Monday. David Franklin Slater, 63, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who went on to work at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air…
Read MorePentagon leaker Jack Teixeira agrees to accept 16-year prison sentence
Former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira agreed Monday that he caused one of the most extraordinary leaks of national defense secrets in years and agreed to accept a prison sentence of 16 years. According to the signed plea agreement filed with the court, Teixeira, 22, agreed to plead guilty to all six counts charging…
Read MoreAir National Guardsman accused of posting classified documents online expected to plead guilty
Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents online, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors in Boston asked for a so-called Rule 11 hearing – proceedings to discuss a change of…
Read MoreWidow, ex-prime minister, former police chief indicted in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse
A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others. The indictments are expected to further destabilize Haiti as it struggles with a surge in gang…
Read MoreAlberta RCMP officer charged with national security breach by accessing records for Rwanda
An Alberta RCMP officer has been charged in relation to a national security breach that assisted a foreign actor. On Tuesday, Mounties said Const. Eli Ndatuje, 36, is facing three charges related to the sharing of “non-top secret” information accessed from the force’s records system. Court records state he did so to benefit the Republic…
Read MoreEx-Mountie intelligence official sentenced to 14 years for breaking Canada’s secrets law
A judge Wednesday sentenced a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force to 14 years in prison for breaching the country’s secrets law. Cameron Ortis led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Operations Research group, which assembles classified information on cybercriminals, terror cells and transnational criminal networks. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger said…
Read MoreEx-CIA hacker who leaked secrets to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years
A man convicted of carrying out one of the most damaging data breaches in the CIA’s history — the public disclosure of secret hacking tools — was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Thursday, prosecutors said. Former CIA officer Joshua Adam Schulte, 35, was convicted of the so-called Vault 7 leak, and also of…
Read MoreCarroll County firefighter arrested, charged with setting fires
Authorities arrested a volunteer Carroll County firefighter in connection with a string of fires over the last year in Eldersburg and Liberty Reservoir areas. Allison Nicole Creutzer, 20, of Eldersburg, was charged with intentionally setting fire to grass, brush and woodland, three counts of second-degree malicious burning and one misdemeanor count of calling in a…
Read MoreEdmonton City Hall shooting suspect was a security guard, released manifestos
A man who worked as a security guard is facing several firearms and arson charges after shots were fired and a Molotov cocktail exploded inside Edmonton City Hall Tuesday morning. Charges have been filed in court against a 28-year-old man named Bezhani Sarvar. Sarvar is charged with reckless arson in an occupied property, possessing incendiary…
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