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Ex-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by ZeroCool to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Chozo@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that sound about right. I don't remember it ever being confirmed what, if anything, was actually compromised by the leaks. But I doubt that we'd ever get specific details on something like that from the government, anyway.

Though I imagine that a lot of ongoing operations at the time probably had to be cancelled prematurely, the consequences of which might never really be known.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Though I imagine that a lot of ongoing operations at the time probably had to be cancelled prematurely, the consequences of which might never really be known.

This is the fear that is always instilled in people whenever the government takes an L. I'm not saying it's a false statement, but it's also unsubstantiated.