A former computer engineer, the CIA is accused of organizing the transfer of an unprecedented amount of top-secret information to the resource WikiLeaks.
At the time of arraignment, the 29-year-old Joshua Schult was already in Federal custody in Manhattan in connection with charges in the case of distribution and possession of child pornography. Now he has to answer for a crime, according to the U.S. Department of justice (Department of Justice).
According to Manhattan attorney Jeffrey Berman, in March 2017 Schult transferred to a third party 8 thousand of classified materials. For this, he hacked the computer system at the CIA, copied the data, deleted the record of his actions and closed the access information to others. On interrogation in FBI hacker denied it.
It all worked out according to the results of a search in new York apartment Schulte. Then in his computer was discovered more than 10 thousand images and videos of child pornography, as well as the corresponding queries in the Google search engine.
After Donald trump announced the fight against espionage, Joshua Schult became the 4th person indicted in the leak of classified information.
In June 2018, was detained 25-year-old Reality Lay winnerwho submitted the publication Intercept a secret report on Russia’s intervention in the elections.
And in March pleaded guilty to kidnapping and possession of classified information ex-FBI agent Terry Albury.
In the same month, charges were brought against the former head of the intelligence Committee in the Senate James Wolfe.
