How an FBI Informant Led the Hack of British Tabloid "The Sun"

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @07:07PM from the behind-the-scenes dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known online as "Sabu," was caught by the FBI in June of 2011 for a litany of hacking-related offenses and, within hours, began cooperating with authorities in hopes of receiving a lenient sentence. Now, never-before-published FBI records and exclusive interviews detail how the informant rallied other hackers to attack various News Corp. interests, including The Sun, at a time that the FBI has said it was tracking all of Monsegur's online activity. And for a week shortly after his arrest, he was privy to the anti-Murdoch campaign waged by Anonymous, according to the documents obtained by Motherboard.

1 of 38 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

So the UK can charge him? by Bruce66423 · 2014-10-15 23:03 · Score: 3, Insightful

Given that the US has sought the extradition of UK based offenders who hacked US sites, there seems no reason for him not to be surrendered to Her Majesty's hospitality, even if he was given 'immunity' by the US.

Or will the UK once again prove to be a lapdog of the US government.