Ex-L3Harris executive accused of selling trade secrets to Russia

Federal prosecutors allege that Peter Williams, a former general manager at L3Harris’ Trenchant cyber unit, misappropriated eight trade secrets — reportedly including exploit-related tools developed for intelligence customers — and sold them to an undisclosed buyer in Russia between April 2022 and August 2025; the DOJ seeks forfeiture of assets tied to approximately $1.3M in suspected proceeds and has scheduled an arraignment in Washington, D.C. The filing does not identify the stolen technical details or active exploitation but references an internal Trenchant investigation into leaked hacking tools.