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Gawker Attacker Turned FBI Informant, Pursued Other Hackers

A-Team document incorrectly said that LulzSec spokesman known as Topiary was a Swedish man named Daniel Ackerman Sandberg. The document also said that Sabu was Hector Xavier Monsegur, which turned out to be accurate. Eekdacat, who was arrested on June 27, 2011, and later pleaded guilty to having been Topiary, has denied involvement in the attack on Gawker Media. The FBI has not ruled out whether Madden’s arrest was due in any way to the arrest of Hector Xavier “Laurelai” who turned informant.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/gawker-attacker-turned-fbi-informant-pursued-other-hackers

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