Sabu Gets 6-Month Sentencing Delay for Continuing to Help Feds

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/sabu-delay/

By Ryan Singel
Threat Level
Wired.com
08.21.12

Sabu, the hacker who turned informant on the rampaging Anonymous 
offshoots Antisec and LulzSec, is getting a six-month reprieve from 
being sentenced on 12 counts of violating federal law, due to his 
continued cooperation with the feds, prosecutors told a court Tuesday.

Hector Xavier Monsegur, a 28-year-old New Yorker who used the online 
name “Sabu,” has been working undercover for the feds since the FBI 
arrested him without fanfare last June. Monsegur provided agents with 
information that helped them arrest several suspected members of LulzSec 
and Antisec, including two men from Great Britain, two from Ireland and 
an American in Chicago.

LulzSec, an offshoot of the Anonymous collective, rampaged across the 
internet in 2011, in a 50-day series of attacks on news organizations, 
government websites and corporations. The hacking spree was accompanied 
by a lively Twitter feed and clever, taunting public pronouncements.

It’s not clear from the court filing Tuesday whether Monsegur continues 
to be active online or is simply aiding the government in its 
prosecutions of those already arrested.

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