
Former L3Harris Executive Sentenced for Selling Zero-Day Exploits to Russian Broker
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📌 A former L3Harris executive, Peter Williams, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to a Russian broker. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Russian zero-day brokerage involved in the transaction. The case is linked to "Operation Zero," though no specific technical details, CVEs, or dates of the exploits were disclosed. The sentencing and sanctions highlight the legal consequences of illicit cyber arms trafficking. No further impacts or additional entities were mentioned in the report.