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#1 CyberScoop general February 24, 2026 at 21:44 UTC

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

By Greg Otto

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Peter Williams, former L3Harris executive, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling eight proprietary zero-day exploits to Russian broker Aleksei Burkov and his company Cybercrime LLC. The U.S. Treasury simultaneously sanctioned Burkov's zero-day brokerage for acquiring stolen defense contractor tools and selling them to unauthorized customers.

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