Joshua Schulte

Joshua Schulte was a former hacker employed by the CIA who leaked two billion pages of secret CIA data, known as Vault 7, to WikiLeaks. Vault 7 programs were CIA techniques used to compromise Wifi networks, hack into Skype, defeat anti-virus software, hack Apple and Android smartphones in overseas spying operations, turn internet-connected televisions into listening devices, and commandeer the guidance systems in cars. After raiding his home police claimed they found child pornography on Schulte's computer and charged him with that as an additional offense on top of the hacking charges. Schulte was convicted of the Espionage and Child Pornography crimes in 2024 and sentenced to 40 years in prison.