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Joshua Schulte (CIA Vault 7 leak)INS-SCHULTE-2022 insider
🇺🇸 US
aka Joshua Schulte (CIA Vault 7 leak), Joshua Schulte, Joshua Adam Schulte
Last updated: 2026-08-20
0attributed CVEs
0ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
Former CIA software engineer convicted 2022 for the 2017 Vault 7 leak — the disclosure of CIA's cyber-tooling source code and documentation to WikiLeaks. Sentenced 2024 to 40 years.
How we know this
- Data origin
- Curated overlay Insider-threat entry synthesised from public reporting and court filings — not a MITRE-tracked intrusion set.
- Techniques
- No ATT&CK techniques mapped.
- Named victims
- None on file.
Thin data: No ATT&CK techniques are mapped yet — the behavioural profile is empty.
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Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No attributed CVEs. | |||||
No techniques attributed.
Co-occurring actors
None.
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