Prosecutors said that from 2010 until March 2015, Mr. Pho began removing classified documents and writings. Mr. Pho is one of three N.S.A. security: the public release of the agency’s hacking tools by a still-unidentified group calling itself the Shadow Brokers. hacking software on a customer’s computer and removing it, but says the material was subsequently destroyed. The sensitivity of the case was evident on Friday, when one courtroom official described the charges against Mr. Pho as “super-sealed” before the hearing.

Source: New York Times December 01, 2017 20:28 UTC