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One of Witt's co-defendants, Iranian cyberwarrior Behzad Mesri, was charged with hacking into HBO and leaking unaired episodes of "Game of Thrones" in 2017. This one charges him with a different hack.
Background on that earlier one: courthousenews.com/hbo-hack-targe…
Background on that earlier one: courthousenews.com/hbo-hack-targe…
And @NatashaBertrand is right: The indictment's details are wild.
Here's one of the messages it quotes Witt writing to her Iranian handler: "If all else fails, I may just go public with a program and do like Snowden :) " justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
Here's one of the messages it quotes Witt writing to her Iranian handler: "If all else fails, I may just go public with a program and do like Snowden :) " justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
After complaining about the Iranian govt's suspicion, Witt allegedly wrote: "I just hope I have better luck with Russia at this point."
"I think I can slip into Russia quietly if they help me and then I can contact wikileaks from there," she allegedly wrote two days later.
"I think I can slip into Russia quietly if they help me and then I can contact wikileaks from there," she allegedly wrote two days later.
There appears to be a problem with the Justice Department's link to the indictment, which you can read in full here. documentcloud.org/documents/5736…
