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LulzSec Hacker-FBI Informant Sabu Walks Free

28
May
2014

US Hacker-FBI Informant Walks Free NEW YORK – A hacker who directed hundreds of cyber attacks on the websites of foreign governments before turning FBI informant walked free Tuesday after being handed a symbolic seven-month sentence. Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known by his screen name “Sabu”, was first arrested in 2011 and had already served […]

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Government Seeks Leniency For LulzSec Hacker Sabu

26
May
2014

In a motion submitted on Friday to the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York, the government recommended that Hector Xavier Monsegur, a.k.a. the hacker “Sabu,” have his sentence greatly reduced as a result of his cooperation with authorities. WhileMonsegur could technically beput behind bars for between 21 to 26 years […]

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Autistic Man Arrested for Gawker Hack Helped the FBI Track Down Kayla of LulzSec

14
May
2014

It appears that Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, is not the only hacker used by United States authorities to track down other hackers. Recently surfaced court documents show that at one point, they also relied on the services of Thomas Madden, a 26-year-old from Albany who suffers from autism. Madden was known on the hacking […]

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