Ex-NSA contractor set to plead guilty for theft of top secret information

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

https://www.cyberscoop.com/harold-martin-guilty-plea-nsa-shadow-brokers/

By Greg Otto
CYBERSCOOP
March 27, 2019

A former National Security Agency contractor accused of perhaps the largest 
theft of government secrets in U.S. history is expected to plead guilty 
Thursday in federal court, according to court records.

Harold T. Martin III has been charged with 20 counts of unauthorized and 
willful retention of national defense information in 2017. His trial was 
scheduled to start in June, but a rearraignment -- a hearing held when a 
defendant is changing a plea — has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday in 
Baltimore, Maryland.

Martin, a former Navy officer turned defense contractor, was indicted for 
allegedly stealing and hoarding secret documents that outline U.S. hacking 
operations. Martin worked in a supporting role for multiple intelligence 
agencies -- including the NSA and the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence -- during his employment at several different federal consulting 
firms.

Investigators found over the course of their investigation that Martin had 
removed a staggering amount of sensitive material -- including documents, 
removable media and computer files about internal NSA policy and 
cyber-operations -- from various classified environments. More than 50 
terabytes of material, some marked "Top Secret," were recovered as part of the 
investigation.

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