Prison for trading malware for crypto, sanctions for selling US cyberweapons to its enemies.

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Two enforcement actions by US authorities target sellers of cyberweapons and malware. Australian citizen Peter Williams, a former general manager at a US defense contractor, received an 87-month prison sentence for selling national security software trade secrets to a Russian company for up to $4 million in cryptocurrency. Separately, the US Treasury's OFAC sanctioned Russian national Sergey Zelenyuk and his company Operation Zero for acquiring and distributing cyber tools—including proprietary US government tools—to unauthorized parties. All US-held assets of Zelenyuk and Matrix LLC are now blocked, with potential criminal charges for any asset transactions.

US authorities punish sellers of malware and spyware