DEFENDANT RECORD
Joshua Adam Schulte
sentenced
Aliases: badass_sec
Former CIA engineer who leaked Vault 7 cyber tools to WikiLeaks. Sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.
Key Facts
Status
SENTENCED
Current legal state
Sentence
480 mo
Life imprisonment
Restitution
$0
Mandatory restitution
Cases
1
Federal dockets
- Legal Disposition: sentenced.
- Nationality: United States.
- Total Imprisonment: Life imprisonment.
- Court Restitution: None ordered.
Prosecution Matters & Evidentiary Summary
Docket 1:17-cr-00548 · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. v. Joshua Schulte (CIA Vault 7 Leak)
sentenced 2017-08-24
Former Central Intelligence Agency software developer convicted of the historic transmission of classified CIA cyber warfare tools, source code, and zero-day exploits (Vault 7) to WikiLeaks, causing catastrophic national security damage.
Target Sector: Intelligence, National Defense, Federal Government · Loss: $500.0 million
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