Security News > 2024 > February > Wikileaks source and former CIA worker Joshua Schulte sentenced to 40 years jail

Joshua Schulte, a former CIA employee and software engineer accused of sharing material with WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by the US Southern District of New York on Thursday.

In addition to the prison term, Schulte - who is 35 years old - was sentenced to a lifetime of supervision upon his eventual release.

"Schulte's theft is the largest data breach in the history of the CIA, and his transmission of that stolen information to WikiLeaks is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in the history of the US," declared the court.

Schulte allegedly stole the files that would become known as the Vault 7 leak in April 2016 while he worked at the Center for Cyber Intelligence, a division of the CIA that conducts offensive cyber operations.

The child sexual abuse material accusations emerged after the FBI searched Schulte's home in March of 2017 and claimed to have turned up frankly vile material tallying approximately 3,400 images and videos.

Former CIA worker spilled to WikiLeaks, jailed for 40 years Wikileaks source and former CIA man Joshua Schulte sentenced to 40 years jail.

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