Hacker Turned FBI Informant Sabu Will Be Sentenced on Tuesday

Hacker Turned FBI Informant Sabu Will Be Sentenced on Tuesday

Wired reports that Hector Xavier Monsegur, a.k.a. Sabu, the LulzSec hacker who became an FBI informant and helped take down numerous other hackers , will be sentenced on Tuesday, May 27th. The government will seek a sentence of just 7 months, citing time served and his immense cooperation with the government.

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