Trenchant
Ex-L3Harris exec jailed for selling zero-days to Russian exploit broker
The former head of Trenchant, a specialized U.S. defense contractor unit, was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in federal prison for stealing and selling zero-day exploits to a Russian broker whose clients include the Russian government. 39-year-old Australian national Peter Williams served as the general manager of Trenchant, a cybersecurity unit of defense […]
US sanctions Russian broker for buying stolen zero-day exploits
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Russian exploit broker who bought stolen hacking tools from a former executive of a U.S. defense contractor. The Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Matrix LLC (doing business as Operation Zero and headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia) on Tuesday, along with its owner, Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk, and five […]
Ex-L3Harris exec guilty of selling cyber exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams, an Australian national and a former general manager at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to stealing and selling confidential cybersecurity information to a Russian vulnerability exploit broker. The illegal activity took place between 2022 and 2025, when Williams stole at least eight protected exploit components from […]