Re: The arrest of NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin III
Unlike Edward Snowden, who brought us information about the NSA's spying operations, Harold Thomas Martin III had been squirreling away Malware code, apparently for years (no word on whether he was author or contributor and was just saving snippets for other projects, which would still undoubtedly be illegal). Some of the code is apparently the kind that make it look like others are attacking a system, like Erections 2016 cyberops... botnets. He was ARRESTED IN SECRET OVER A MONTH AGO. They say he was being grilled to figure out his 'psychological motivations'... but perhaps they found their perfect opportunity to blame the election hacking on Russia and they didn't want some pissant contractor blowing their cyber and PR operation if the public found out that code was 'in the wild' and anyone could have been doing it. Rr
I wonder if he was selling any of this code? Are there any allegations that he profited from the shit he exfiltrated..? Or that he disseminated any of it in any way? And how did they bust him? John
On Oct 6, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Razer <rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:
Unlike Edward Snowden, who brought us information about the NSA's spying operations, Harold Thomas Martin III had been squirreling away Malware code, apparently for years (no word on whether he was author or contributor and was just saving snippets for other projects, which would still undoubtedly be illegal). Some of the code is apparently the kind that make it look like others are attacking a system, like Erections 2016 cyberops... botnets.
He was ARRESTED IN SECRET OVER A MONTH AGO.
They say he was being grilled to figure out his 'psychological motivations'... but perhaps they found their perfect opportunity to blame the election hacking on Russia and they didn't want some pissant contractor blowing their cyber and PR operation if the public found out that code was 'in the wild' and anyone could have been doing it.
Rr
On 10/07/2016 08:12 AM, John Newman wrote:
I wonder if he was selling any of this code? Are there any allegations that he profited from the shit he exfiltrated..? Or that he disseminated any of it in any way?
And how did they bust him?
John
AP broke the story day before yesterday and the government is being very quiet. It WAS mentioned that he was squirreling away malware code for years. His crime? "theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials." Not spying. I'll bet even money he was saving code snippets he had authored and they're going to assfuck him for it to set an example and as a warning to the companies that hire classified workers... http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/10/07/watch-insiders-national-security-of... Rr
On Oct 6, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Razer <rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:
Unlike Edward Snowden, who brought us information about the NSA's spying operations, Harold Thomas Martin III had been squirreling away Malware code, apparently for years (no word on whether he was author or contributor and was just saving snippets for other projects, which would still undoubtedly be illegal). Some of the code is apparently the kind that make it look like others are attacking a system, like Erections 2016 cyberops... botnets.
He was ARRESTED IN SECRET OVER A MONTH AGO.
They say he was being grilled to figure out his 'psychological motivations'... but perhaps they found their perfect opportunity to blame the election hacking on Russia and they didn't want some pissant contractor blowing their cyber and PR operation if the public found out that code was 'in the wild' and anyone could have been doing it.
Rr
For some portion of that time, Martin was in the world’s most elite hacker shop: the NSA’s Tailored Access Organization, according to a former member of the group."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-contractor-though... Welp, He could have had the bots the NSA uses to make it look like China and Russia are attacking US cyberstructure. They say he was 'front office', but who really knows what that means in context of the NSA. Make it look like Russia snitched #PodestaEmails for instance. Perhaps Guccifer 2.0 is TAO. After all, the stuff's been posted at wordpress.com and the site's moderators aren't taking it down. https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/clinton-foundation/ On 10/06/2016 10:44 AM, Razer wrote:
Unlike Edward Snowden, who brought us information about the NSA's spying operations, Harold Thomas Martin III had been squirreling away Malware code, apparently for years (no word on whether he was author or contributor and was just saving snippets for other projects, which would still undoubtedly be illegal). Some of the code is apparently the kind that make it look like others are attacking a system, like Erections 2016 cyberops... botnets.
He was ARRESTED IN SECRET OVER A MONTH AGO.
They say he was being grilled to figure out his 'psychological motivations'... but perhaps they found their perfect opportunity to blame the election hacking on Russia and they didn't want some pissant contractor blowing their cyber and PR operation if the public found out that code was 'in the wild' and anyone could have been doing it.
Rr
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