Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Gets 10 Years; Says FBI Gave Him Targets To Hack

The FBI was more or less telling him who to hack, and then they get to turn around and throw the book at him.
By — November 16, 2013

Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Gets 10 Years In Prison; Explains How FBI Gave Him The Targets To Hack (via Techdirt)

We wrote, earlier this year, about LulzSec/Antisec/Anonymous hacktivist Jeremy Hammond pleading guilty to hacking Stratfor. While the other Lulzsec hackers who were arrested in the UK got sentences of one to three years, the fact that here in the US…

 

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