Prominent Hacker Who Became FBI Informant Is Released

The hacker who cofounded the shadowy LulzSec group, but who then helped the U.S. government disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks while working as an FBI informant, is now a free man.

A Manhattan district court judge granted Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known by his hacker moniker "Sabu," a sentence of time served and one year of supervised release on Tuesday. Monsegur, who had served seven months in 2012 before being released on bail, finally appeared in court after prosecutors asked his sentencing to be postponed seven times.

The U.S. government asked Judge Loretta Preska for leniency in a court filing on Friday, given Monsegur's "extraordinarily valuable and productive" work with the FBI. Read more...