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Posted by trammel at 2020-03-15
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Maryland prosecutor's office Wednesday

On August 27, it arrested Harold Thomas Martin III, 53, a government contract worker with a top secret access permit, at Booz Allen Hamilton, a company where Edward Snowden worked for NSA. He was charged with stealing government property and confidential information, and the press release did not go into further details. His lawyer said he had not seen any evidence so far, stressing that his client had no intention of betraying the country. In August this year, the hacker organization calling itself shadow brokers leaked the malicious program developed by NSA, the New York Times

The contractor is suspected of stealing NSA code used to invade computer systems in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. If confirmed, he may be the leaker behind shadow brokers.

17:20, October 6, 2016

Maryland prosecutors said Wednesday that they arrested a government contract worker with the highest secret access permission on August 27: Harold Thomas Martin III, 53, who works for Booz Allen Hamilton, a company that Edward Snowden worked for, for NSA. He was charged with stealing government property and confidential information, and the press release did not go into further details. His lawyer said he had not seen any evidence so far, stressing that his client had no intention of betraying the country. In August this year, the hacker organization calling itself shadow brokers leaked the malicious program developed by NSA, and the New York Times claimed that the contractor was suspected of stealing the code NSA used to invade computer systems in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. If confirmed, he may be the leaker behind shadow brokers.

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