{"id":60180,"date":"2026-02-15T23:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/infosec-exec-sold-eight-zero-day-exploit-kits-to-russia-says-doj\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:22:14","slug":"infosec-exec-sold-eight-zero-day-exploit-kits-to-russia-says-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/infosec-exec-sold-eight-zero-day-exploit-kits-to-russia-says-doj\/","title":{"rendered":"Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Infosec in Brief<\/span> The former General Manager of defense contractor L3Harris\u2019s cyber subsidiary Trenchant sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, according to a court filing last week.<\/p>\n

We first wrote about this case<\/a> in October 2025, when former Trenchant boss Peter Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets \u2013 but court records didn\u2019t detail exactly what he stole.<\/p>\n

That changed last week when the US Department of Justice published a sentencing memorandum<\/a> [PDF] that frames Williams\u2019 conduct as a betrayal of his employer and the US government, and the cause of significant harm to US national security.<\/p>\n