Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia | TechCrunch
The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker. This is how we first learned of his arrest, reported the story, and some of...
NEW: For months, Iβve been working on the story of Peter Williams, the former U.S. defense contractor who stole several hacking tools and then sold them to a Russian broker.
Hereβs what we know about the case, what we still donβt know, and a peek behind the scenes at how I reported this story.
25.02.2026 19:39 β
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STEWART: βSo just to be clear - Trump is on the brink of war with Iran to either obliterate the nuclear program he previously βobliteratedβ, or to force them into signing a deal like the one HE PULLED OUT OF β itβs all in Chapter 9 of Art of the Deal: Eating Your Own Asshole.β
24.02.2026 15:03 β
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It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News
We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. Thatβs more than enough data to comp...
The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold.
The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold.
fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...
23.02.2026 21:24 β
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Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority
23.02.2026 21:53 β
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Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.
Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of The Com β a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking campaigns. Then she became a target.
When a hacker named "Waifu" and "Judische" began posting death threats against security researcher Allison Nixon, she had no idea why he targeted her. So she set out to unmask him. The quest led her to Connor Moucka, a 25-yr-old Canadian who was ringleader of infamous Snowflake/AT&T hacks. My story:
17.02.2026 18:04 β
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My state has had a legislative GOP supermajority for 22 years. Missouri is ranked:
50th in classroom funding
49th in starting teacher pay
7th highest in gun deaths
6th highest in maternal mortality
Republicans canβt govern and you can look at every red state to come to that conclusion.
26.06.2025 12:19 β
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Wow.
17.02.2026 03:59 β
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Police donβt wear masks. State troopers donβt wear masks. The National Guard doesnβt wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
13.02.2026 23:45 β
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
13.02.2026 22:28 β
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When you have a rules-based order where you carve out exceptions to our values, eventually the exceptions become the rules.
13.02.2026 22:33 β
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Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
13.02.2026 21:58 β
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On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamillaβs medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being βserved food that contained worms.β
A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.
The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasnβt for detainees β it was for the staff.
13.02.2026 19:40 β
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Easy; that would be @barackobama.bsky.social :)
12.02.2026 18:32 β
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photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
11.02.2026 17:15 β
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We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began.
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
11.02.2026 15:12 β
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Rep. JesΓΊs GarcΓa comes out swinging: "You're one of the worst attorney generals in our history and an instrument of Donald Trump's lawless authoritarian agenda, and I'm glad the American people are seeing who you are."
11.02.2026 19:10 β
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
11.02.2026 16:57 β
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Ice is gonna be very unhappy when they find out about the real retirement plan
10.02.2026 20:35 β
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Vladyslav Heraskevych, who wore a helmet with photos of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russiaβs war, says the IOC has banned him from using it during official training sessions and competitions.
Please listen to his words!
βThe world must know the price of freedom.β
09.02.2026 22:06 β
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Turns out hating and fearing black people and shitting yourself on the regular is not the Magic Key To Happiness people
09.02.2026 02:23 β
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404 Media is an independent, journalist-founded publication. Weβve exposed Palantirβs tool for ICE, vulnerabilities with Flock cameras exposing targets, and the people behind AI slop.
If you want to support us, find us here: www.404media.co/membership/
09.02.2026 03:17 β
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and proof of life on LIVE TV:
www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
09.02.2026 03:10 β
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guys⦠we made a Super Bowl ad
hereβs how we did it: www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
09.02.2026 03:09 β
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Yes, it's true. The US Attorney's office in New York prepared a draft of an announcement of Epstein's death that is dated one day BEFORE Epstein died.
Nothing fishy here....
08.02.2026 19:44 β
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go off jack white
06.02.2026 19:24 β
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
06.02.2026 21:13 β
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I read the βSAVE Actβ (the GOPβs new voter suppression bill) so you donβt have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus itβs bad. 1/
06.02.2026 19:54 β
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Thousands of high school students rally against ICE in downtown Seattle ππΌ
06.02.2026 20:08 β
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I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. π
06.02.2026 21:10 β
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