US defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10M to former employers

### Executive Summary Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ Trenchant division, was convicted for stealing advanced hacking tools and exploits from his employer and selling them to Operation Zero; he pleaded guilty, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison, and ordered to pay substantial restitution. Prosecutors and reporting indicate the stolen tools were later used by Russian state-linked actors in Ukraine and by Chinese cybercriminals, resulting in significant financial loss to Trenchant and a wide security impact due to the capabilities of the stolen code.