Swordsmyth
03-17-2018, 02:46 PM
Adrian Lamo, best known as the computer hacker who exposed Army whistleblower Chelsea (then Bradley) Manning, died Friday at the age of 37.
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Lamo's father announced the news in a Facebook post, and the cause of death remains unclear.
"With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and acquaintances that he is dead," Mario Lamo wrote. "A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son."
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A spokeswoman for Sedgwick county regional forensic center said that an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.
Police official confirmed to me Adrian Lamo, @6 (https://twitter.com/6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), was found dead by officers on March 14th at around 4pm. His body was found in his apartment along the 4900 block of East Shadybrook in Wichita, Kansas. The coroner is investigating, but “there is nothing suspicious about his death”
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/974776373138014209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Lamo, known as the "homeless hacker" for his often transient lifestyle, first made waves in 2002 when he broke into the New York Times' intranet, where he added his name to a database of expert sources and then used their LexisNexis account to research high profile subjects. He pleaded guilty, paid a fine and was sentenced to six months of home detention.
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/54db7bf169bedd316cfd9830-750-508_0.jpg Adrian Lamo (left), Kevin Mitnick, Kevin Poulsen (2001)In a subsequent inteview with NBC to discuss the Times hack, Lamo was booted off the show by network lawyers after he cracked into NBC's servers.
Lamo says NBC was taping him at Kinko's while he demonstrated security holes in a telecommunications company's systems, when the interviewer asked him if he'd be successful hacking NBC.
Five minutes and one guessed password later and Lamo was surfing the television network's private messaging system and an affiliate scheduling application that included internal memos and information on advertising rates. Screen shots of the hack provided by Lamo and reviewed by SecurityFocus Online include a page from an NBC vendor database with the network's trademark "living color" peacock and the warning, "All information contained on this Web site is to be held in the strictest confidence," in all capital letters. "It was a very full service system," recalls Lamo. -SecurityFocus.com (https://www.securityfocus.com/news/595) (2002)
Lamo's most infamous act, however, was dropping the dime on Chelsea Manning after the two had engaged in a private chat (https://www.wired.com/2011/07/manning-lamo-logs/) in which Lamo gained Manning's trust.
Unsurprisingly, Julian Assange wasn't too broken up about Lamo's death, tweeting "Coroner says serial FBI snitch Adrian Lamo is dead. Lamo, a fake journalist, petty conman & betrayer of basic human decency, promised alleged source @xychelsea journalistic protection, friendship and support, then sold him to the FBI."
Coroner says serial FBI snitch Adrian Lamo is dead. Lamo, a fake journalist, petty conman & betrayer of basic human decency, promised alleged source @xychelsea (https://twitter.com/xychelsea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) journalistic protection, friendship and support, then sold him to the FBI. https://t.co/SkvbrG7Kyn pic.twitter.com/vZMyJhRWCW (https://t.co/vZMyJhRWCW)
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) March 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/974701864691347456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
pic.twitter.com/A5gk6BgAww (https://t.co/A5gk6BgAww)
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) March 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/974705553065873411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-17/hacker-who-turned-chelsea-manning-dead-37-julian-assange-delighted
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Lamo's father announced the news in a Facebook post, and the cause of death remains unclear.
"With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and acquaintances that he is dead," Mario Lamo wrote. "A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son."
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/Mario.jpg
A spokeswoman for Sedgwick county regional forensic center said that an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.
Police official confirmed to me Adrian Lamo, @6 (https://twitter.com/6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), was found dead by officers on March 14th at around 4pm. His body was found in his apartment along the 4900 block of East Shadybrook in Wichita, Kansas. The coroner is investigating, but “there is nothing suspicious about his death”
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/974776373138014209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Lamo, known as the "homeless hacker" for his often transient lifestyle, first made waves in 2002 when he broke into the New York Times' intranet, where he added his name to a database of expert sources and then used their LexisNexis account to research high profile subjects. He pleaded guilty, paid a fine and was sentenced to six months of home detention.
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/54db7bf169bedd316cfd9830-750-508_0.jpg Adrian Lamo (left), Kevin Mitnick, Kevin Poulsen (2001)In a subsequent inteview with NBC to discuss the Times hack, Lamo was booted off the show by network lawyers after he cracked into NBC's servers.
Lamo says NBC was taping him at Kinko's while he demonstrated security holes in a telecommunications company's systems, when the interviewer asked him if he'd be successful hacking NBC.
Five minutes and one guessed password later and Lamo was surfing the television network's private messaging system and an affiliate scheduling application that included internal memos and information on advertising rates. Screen shots of the hack provided by Lamo and reviewed by SecurityFocus Online include a page from an NBC vendor database with the network's trademark "living color" peacock and the warning, "All information contained on this Web site is to be held in the strictest confidence," in all capital letters. "It was a very full service system," recalls Lamo. -SecurityFocus.com (https://www.securityfocus.com/news/595) (2002)
Lamo's most infamous act, however, was dropping the dime on Chelsea Manning after the two had engaged in a private chat (https://www.wired.com/2011/07/manning-lamo-logs/) in which Lamo gained Manning's trust.
Unsurprisingly, Julian Assange wasn't too broken up about Lamo's death, tweeting "Coroner says serial FBI snitch Adrian Lamo is dead. Lamo, a fake journalist, petty conman & betrayer of basic human decency, promised alleged source @xychelsea journalistic protection, friendship and support, then sold him to the FBI."
Coroner says serial FBI snitch Adrian Lamo is dead. Lamo, a fake journalist, petty conman & betrayer of basic human decency, promised alleged source @xychelsea (https://twitter.com/xychelsea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) journalistic protection, friendship and support, then sold him to the FBI. https://t.co/SkvbrG7Kyn pic.twitter.com/vZMyJhRWCW (https://t.co/vZMyJhRWCW)
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) March 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/974701864691347456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
pic.twitter.com/A5gk6BgAww (https://t.co/A5gk6BgAww)
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) March 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/974705553065873411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-17/hacker-who-turned-chelsea-manning-dead-37-julian-assange-delighted