US National Security Agency contractor former employee accused of stealing NSA, CIA intelligence, facing 20 criminal charges
A former employee of the US National Security Agency contractor was charged with stealing and hiding a large amount of confidential documents on the 8th and currently faces 20 criminal charges.
Reuters quoted US government officials as saying that this may be the largest government secret theft in US history.
Private 50TB confidential documents and data
The man in question, Harold Martin, is 52 years old and lives in Maryland, USA. He was an employee of the National Security Agency contractor Booz Allen Consulting. He was arrested last August and has since been detained in a detention facility.
According to the prosecution, Martin has worked in the intelligence industry for 20 years. Since August 1996, he has been stealing confidential information from the National Security Agency (NSA), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the US Army "Network Command." Martin stores about 50TB (terabytes) of confidential documents and data in his home and private cars.
Data Map: Harold Martin, former employee of the National Security Agency contractor allegedly charged
The secrets that are privately owned by Martin relate to how the US Security Bureau invades foreign computers, how to protect the US computer system, as well as information about extremists and terrorists, and the strengths and weaknesses of US military network operations.
The US "Washington Post" reported that Martin was also a member of the "Top Hacking Team" and "Specific Invasion Team" of the National Security Bureau. This team is responsible for making and using specific software to invade foreign computer systems in order to steal information from other countries. Some US government officials said that Martin had stolen a lot of "hacking" skills from the team.
According to the US Department of Justice, Martin was charged with 20 counts of criminal charges, and each count could be punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord said in a statement: "Martin is suspected of abandoning the country's trust in him, stealing and hiding confidential documents and other information related to national defense. Insiders commit crimes for our national security. A major threat."
Was employed by Snowden’s old club
Martin has served in the US Navy for four years and has been employed by at least seven companies since 1993. He was employed by Booz Allen Consulting from 2012 to 2015. The latter is a contractor for the US Security Bureau and has hired Edward. Snowden.
In June 2013, Snowden disclosed the secret documents of the US Prism “Prisma†monitoring project and exposed the large-scale US monitoring activities, which made the global public opinion stunned and made the US government fall into an embarrassing situation. The United States has sued Snowden for three serious crimes, including espionage. Snowden is currently seeking political asylum in Russia.
However, there was no espionage in Martin’s charge on the 8th, indicating that the prosecution did not identify him to leak or sell the intelligence. In October last year, the federal prosecutor hinted that he would be prosecuted for espionage.
Despite this, Booz Allen Consulting has suffered a new round of review since Martin was arrested in October last year. The company confirmed that it has hired former US Federal Intelligence Agency director Robert Miller to conduct an internal investigation into the company's security, personnel and management.
The company did not respond immediately to Martin’s charge.
Not only that, after Martin’s theft and possession of confidential documents was exposed, the US intelligence community and the Pentagon pressed the then-President, Barack Obama, at the end of last year to ask the latter to be replaced by National Security Director Michael Rogers. However, Obama did not adopt this proposal at the time. Xinhua News Agency
Harold Martin stealing
â— At the age of 52, he lives in Maryland, USA, and was arrested last August.
◠Since August 1996, it has been stealing confidential information from the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the US Cyber ​​Command. It has about 50 terabytes of information in its homes and private cars.
◠Once a member of the “Top Hacking Team†of the National Security Bureau, responsible for making and using specific software to invade foreign computer systems;
â— was employed by Snowden in the same company as Boss Allen Consulting (a contractor of the US National Security Agency);
â— Charged 20 criminal charges, but did not include espionage, indicating that the prosecution did not identify him to leak or sell intelligence.
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