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Anonymous Hacker Jeremy Hammond Pleads Guilty

Jeremy Hammond, 28, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to engage in computer hacking. Hammond, who’s agreed to pay up to $2.5 million in restitution, is due to be sentenced in September. Hammond admitted to masterminding an attack against private intelligence agency Stratfor in December 2011. Hammond and his fellow attackers also published emails and stolen data relating to approximately 60,000 credit cards, with which over $700,000 in unauthorized charges were made. The indictment was prepared using evidence gathered in part through the efforts of LulzSec leader known as Sabu.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/anonymous-hacker-jeremy-hammond-pleads-guilty

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