Former CIA engineer convicted of huge data leak

WASHINGTON, July 16 (Bernama): A former CIA software engineer has been convicted in federal court of carrying out one of the largest data leaks in the spy agency's history, Anadolu Agency reported.

Joshua Schulte, 33, was found guilty by a jury in Manhattan of passing along classified information to whistle-blower website Wikileaks in 2013, according to multiple reports. The leak is colloquially known as Vault 7.

Schulte was reportedly convicted of eight espionage charges and one obstruction charge. An earlier trial ended in a hung jury in 2020, it cited CNN's report said.

US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said the former employee began to "harbor resentment" against the CIA, and "covertly" worked to undermine the agency, "making some of our most critical intelligence tools known to the public - and therefore, our adversaries."