Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian national, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to two counts of theft of trade secrets for illegally selling his employer’s sensitive national-security software to a Russian cyber-tools broker.

The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, alongside U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi , Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg, and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Alexander Arnett.

Details of the Crime

Williams, who was employed at a U.S. defense contractor, stole the material over a three-year period, spanning from approximately 2022 through 2025. The stolen material included national-security focused software and at least eight sensitive and protected cyber-exploit components. These components were i

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