Adrian Lamo | |
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| Born | February 20, 1981 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 2018 (aged 37) |
| Other names | Adrián Lamo, R. Adrián Lamo |
| Occupation(s) | Threat analyst, journalist |
| Years active | 1999–2018 |
| Employer | ProjectVIGILANT |
| Organization | 2600 Magazine |
| Known for | Computer hacking, reporting Chelsea Manning to the Army's Criminal Investigation Command |
| Notable work | Appeared on Hackers Wanted, We Steal Secrets, Good Morning America, Democracy Now!, Aqui y Ahora, and other media outlets, including cover stories in Information Week and SF Weekly |
| Television | TechTV, KCRA Channel 3 News |
| Title | Assistant Director for Threat Intelligence |
| Opponent | Julian Assange |
| Criminal penalty | Six months of house arrest, 2 1⁄2 years probation, $64,938 restitution |
| Criminal status | In 2004, pleaded guilty to one felony count in SDNY to hacking The New York Times and Microsoft, and subsequently informed them and helped fix their security holes |
| Spouse |
Lauren Fisher
(m. 2007; div. 2011) |
Adrian Lamo (February 20, 1981 – March 14, 2018) was an American threat analyst and hacker. Lamo was known for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest.
In 2010, Lamo reported U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators, claiming that Manning had leaked hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks.
Lamo died on March 14, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 37. His body was identified at a morgue on March 16, when his death was publicly announced. The cause is unknown.
