The arrest of NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin III

[John Newman]

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 at 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