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Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years for giving secrets to WikiLeaks
- dboreham 3y ago"...they found the material in Schulte’s New York apartment, in an encrypted container beneath three layers of password protection" Curious if anyone knows if the original source for this statement (presumably some evidence presented in court, indictment, etc) is available for us to read. Wondering if prosecutors really say stuff like "beneath three layers of password protection", or if that was embellished by the Guardian writer.
- cranberryturkey 3y agoso they just cracked his pws or what?
- eYrKEC2 3y agoMore likely that they just planted it. They operate black sites and torture people -- are they above planting evidence?
- happytiger 3y agoRight. Like the real question. They casually owned three layers of encryption?
- snypher 3y agohttps://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/ https://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/
- justsomehnguy 3y agoxkcd 538
- bootlooped 3y agoI seem to remember true crypt would allow you to make an encrypted container with AES, two fish and serpent. But it was all decrypted with a single password. So if you found that password you would have gotten through all three layers.
- ttyprintk 3y agoTrueCrypt’s deniable fs took more than one password. I doubt this dude picked TrueCrypt, more like: 1. Full disk 2. Home directory, like ecryptfs 3. Downloaded/downloadable file system image
- ranger_danger 3y agoMore importantly, how did they know that and how did they get access to it. Also imagine what would have (not) happened if he didn't talk to the FBI, AND lie to them
- arp242 3y agoThey found the passwords on his phone, according to [1] – Search for "encryption". While that's probably "good enough security" for regular people, probably not if you're leaking CIA documents ... or regularly downloading child porn... If you want a definitive citation from court evidence then you'll have to go through all of that yourself. [1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/the-surreal-case-of-a-cia-hackers-revenge https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/the-surreal-ca...
- arp242 3y agoPretty good article on the case: "The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge" – https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/the-surreal-case-of-a-cia-hackers-revenge https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/the-surreal-ca... It's amazing how incredibly silly and petty all of this is.
- ChrisArchitect 3y agoCorresponding discussion at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31639354 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31639354
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoIt's way too conventional to be plausible, at least for me, it could perhaps be a giant psyop, why would the CIA confirm anything about what was leaked? This sentence says it all
- ttyprintk 3y agoIf he was innocent, then that means: an innocent person, accused of arranging a dump to Wikileaks, contacted Wikileaks from inside jail, to tell his story to the only outlet he trusted, Wikileaks. If he was innocent, then he must assume Wikileaks was participating in framing him.
- pinkgolem 3y ago>If he was innocent, then he must assume Wikileaks was participating in framing him. I do not see why at all, and that the defense is in contact with WikiLeaks even if innocent seems highly like because WikiLeaks could provide evidence that he is Innocent
- ttyprintk 3y agoCritically, it was not his defense who approached Wikileaks pre-trial. He himself did so with a contraband cell phone.