The United States has announced fresh actions aimed at protecting its citizens and businesses from intellectual property theft, following developments in a major cybercrime investigation involving an Australian national.
The move comes in connection with an investigation led by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into Peter Williams, who pleaded guilty on 29 October 2025 to two counts of trade secret theft.
According to the investigation, Williams stole several proprietary cyber tools from a U.S. company over a three-year period between 2022 and 2025. He subsequently sold the stolen technology to a group known as Operation Zero, receiving millions of dollars in cryptocurrency in return.
U.S. authorities say the case highlights growing threats posed by cyber-enabled intellectual property theft to both the country’s economic stability and national security.
In response, the Trump Administration reaffirmed its commitment to deploying all available measures to counter cybercrime and safeguard American innovation.
Officials stated that the latest action has been taken under existing legal authorities designed to combat intellectual property violations and malicious cyber activities.
Further details are expected to be outlined in accompanying materials released by relevant U.S. government departments.
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