Joshua Schulte

Joshua Schulte
Schulte incarcerated inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York
Born (1988-09-25) September 25, 1988
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • Kinetic Panda
  • Nuclear Option
  • Voldemort
OccupationSoftware Engineer
EmployerCentral Intelligence Agency
Known forConvicted of the leak of classified information known as Vault 7 to WikiLeaks
Criminal charges
  • Transmission of a harmful computer command
  • unauthorized access to a computer to obtain national defense information
  • gathering and transmitting unlawfully possessed national defense information
  • receiving, possessing, and transporting child pornography
Criminal penalty40 years in prison
Criminal statusIncarcerated at ADX Florence

Joshua Adam Schulte (born September 25, 1988) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee who was convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks published the documents as Vault 7, which The New York Times called "the largest loss of classified documents in the agency's history and a huge embarrassment for C.I.A. officials." After his conviction, the Department of Justice called it "one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history."

On September 13, 2023, Schulte was also convicted of receiving, possessing, and transporting child sexual abuse images. On February 1, 2024, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for espionage and child pornography.

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