Hammond’s alleged testimony appears to shed light on the government’s use of zero-day vulnerabilities. Hammond has long questioned why the government was using hackers that it was trying to entrap to hack into foreign websites. Hammond’s testimony was posted to Pastebin on the day of his sentencing. Expert: “It’s not only hypocritical but troubling if indeed the FBI is loaning its sting operations out to other three-letter agencies” Another potential scenario was that the campaign was organized primarily to burnish Sabu’s bad-guy bona fides.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/fbi-informant-sabu-tied-to-foreign-attacks