Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by kornhole on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:16PM (#32090824)

This one is very hard to believe. A guy who worked on advanced hacking tools and was able to get out that much data without trace does not know how to use encrypted hidden volumes nor shred his hard drives?

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by wombat-man on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:33PM (#32090950)

Maybe he did. Maybe he wasn't able to shred in time.

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by Bud on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:50PM (#32091055)

Easy for me to believe. Highly intelligent and skilled people are often also very arrogant and think they can't get caught. Or, they have blind spots. Or, they just get careless about certain things.

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by spoonjim on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:13AM (#32094424)

Leakers tend to be optimists and idealists. But it’s cynics and misanthropes who are the best at opsec.

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by bearmode on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:32AM (#32094549)

This leaker wasn't motivated by idealism, he was just a dickhead trying to get back at his employer.

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by yucky on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:13PM (#32091567)

Edward Snowden was the exception, not the rule.

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