Adrián Lamo | |
|---|---|
 Lamo c. 2001 | |
| Born | Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood February 20, 1981 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 2018 (aged 37) Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Other names | Adrián Lamo, R. Adrián Lamo |
| Occupation(s) | Threat analyst, journalist |
| Years active | 1999–2018 |
| Employer | ProjectVIGILANT |
| Known for | Computer hacking, reporting Chelsea Manning to the Army's Criminal Investigation Command |
| Notable work | Appeared on Hackers Wanted, We Steal Secrets, Good Morning America, Democracy Now!, Aqui y Ahora, and other media outlets, including cover stories in Information Week and SF Weekly |
| Television | TechTV, KCRA Channel 3 News |
| Title | Assistant Director for Threat Intelligence |
| Criminal penalty | two years' probation, with six months to be served in home detention, and ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution[1] |
| Criminal status | In 2004, pleaded guilty to one felony count in SDNY to hacking The New York Times and Microsoft, Oracle and Johnson and Johnson, subsequently informed them, and helped fix their security holes |
| Spouse |
Lauren Fisher
(m. 2007; div. 2011) |
| Website | about |
Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood[2] (February 20, 1981 – March 14, 2018) was an American threat analyst[3][4] and hacker.[5] Lamo first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest.[6]
Lamo was best known for reporting U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators in 2010[7] for leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks.[8][9] Lamo died on March 14, 2018, at the age of 37.[10]
- ^ Hulme, George V. (July 15, 2004). "Hacker Lamo Sentenced To Home Detention". InformationWeek. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Adrian Lamo (November 17, 2013). "Adrian Lamo on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Hacker Adrian Lamo testifies at WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning's court-martial". The Washington Post. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- ^ "Wired 12.04: The Homeless Hacker v. The New York Times". Wired. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ "Alleged Army Whistleblower Felt "Isolated"". CBS News. July 7, 2010.
- ^ "SEMANA | El Hacker Que Sabia Demasiado". SEMANA | Ideas Que Lideran. December 11, 2010. Archived from the original on May 25, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2017 – via SEMANA original story.
This is the story of Adrian Lamo, the cyber-pirate of Colombian origin who revealed to US authorities who leaked the information [about] WikiLeaks. [via Google Translate/]
- ^ "Adrián Lamo's answer to Did Adrián Lamo ever help an Indian company or the Indian government?". quora.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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