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How an ex-L3 Harris Trenchant boss stole and sold cyber exploits to Russia

by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
November 3, 2025
I.T. Today
6 min read

Peter Williams, the former general manager of Trenchant, a division of defense contractor L3Harris that develops surveillance and hacking tools for Western governments, pleaded guilty last week to stealing some of those tools and selling…

Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
October 29, 2025
I.T. Today
4 min read

Peter Williams, the former general manager at defense contractor L3Harris, has pleaded guilty to selling surveillance technology to a Russian broker that buys “cyber tools,” the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Wednesday. “The material, stolen…