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Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:27:07 -0500 (CDT)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/13/2818601/famous-hacker-suddenly-finds-himself.html

By Sam Stanton
The Sacramento Bee
June 13, 2010

On Thursday afternoon, Adrian Lamo sat quietly in the corner of a 
Starbucks inside the Carmichael Safeway, tapping on a laptop that 
requires his thumbprint to turn on and answering his cell phone.

The first call, he said, came from an FBI agent asking about a death 
threat Lamo had received.

The second was from a Domino's pizza outlet. One of his many new enemies 
had left his name and number on a phony order.

The third was from Army counterintelligence, he said.

In other circumstances, it might be easy to dismiss his claims.

[...]


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