Executive Summary

Former Defense Intelligence Agency IT specialist Connor Jones, known as "snitch-finder", pleaded guilty after an FBI sting operation uncovered him transmitting secret and top‑secret information to foreign spies. Arrested in May 2025, Jones was caught twice by undercover agents. The case highlights ongoing espionage threats within U.S. intelligence agencies.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-08-30T15:26:50+00:00 - Category: data-breaches

Original Description: Connor Jones reports: The former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist previously accused of trying to pass secret and top-secret information to foreign spies has pleaded guilty following a successful FBI sting. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, then 28, and now 29, was arrested in May 2025 after an undercover FBI agent caught him for the second time transmitting... Source

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