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Sabu, ex-LulzSec hacker turned FBI snitch, sentenced to time served

Former LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka the snitch Sabu, gets to walk away with time served and one year of supervised release. He was facing between 259 and 317 months in prison. Court documents asked for leniency due to his “extraordinary cooperation” with the FBI. His defense attorney likened Sabu’s actions to Robin Hood, adding “he did not break these systems, he revealed vulnerabilities” Judge Loretta Preska “was impressed by Monseur’s ‘turning on a dime and doing good and not evil'”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2227000/sabu-ex-lulzsec-hacker-turned-fbi-snitch-sentenced-to-time-served.html

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