As it turns out, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden didn’t just take documents during his time at Booz Allen Hamilton in 2013; he also grabbed some while working for Dell in April 2012. Snowden worked for Dell from 2009 until early 2013.

According to Reuters, which cited “US officials and other sources familiar with the matter,” Snowden now appears to have begun exfiltrating information a year earlier than previously believed.

Reuters' sources also said that Snowden took documents pertaining to “eavesdropping programs run by the NSA and Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and left an electronic footprint indicating when he accessed the documents.” Those documents could include previously published information Ars reported on concerning the secret British spy agency.

After leaving Dell in early 2013, Snowden began working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a systems administrator. Recently, Booz Allen announced that it had fired around 90 percent of its system administrators in response to Snowden’s actions.

As Reuters also noted, “It is not clear whether Dell has taken similar steps.”

"We are honoring our customer's request that we not comment on this matter," David Frink, a Dell spokesman, told the news agency. The “customer” is believed to be the NSA.