Hacker and FBI informant Sabu, aka Hector Monsegur, linked to cyberattacks abroad

Xeni Jardin 4:38 pm Fri Apr 25, 2014

Sabu.

From the NYT: "An informant working for the F.B.I. coordinated a 2012 campaign of hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites, including some operated by the governments of Iran, Syria, Brazil and Pakistan, according to documents and interviews with people involved in the attacks." The informant was Sabu; his helper Jeremy Hammond.

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