> Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia
[AUTHOR: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]
[DATE: 25/02/2026 19:30]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker. This is how we first learned of his arrest, reported the story, and some of the unanswered questions we still have.