By AJ Vicens

(Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors have accused a former executive of a government contractor that provides cyber intelligence tools to federal agencies of selling trade secrets to a buyer in Russia for $1.3 million.

In an October 14 filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, prosecutors said Peter Williams stole eight trade secrets of two unnamed companies from April 2022 to June 2025, with the intent to sell those secrets to a Russian-based buyer.

The filing does not identify where Williams worked or the companies whose trade secrets were allegedly stolen.

But Williams is listed in British business records as general manager of L3Harris Trenchant from October 2024 until his resignation on August 21.

The company develops hacking tools that support national security operations

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