Jeremy Hammond, the LulzSec hacker and activist accused of breaking into security company Stratfor's servers and distributing internal files to WikiLeaks, has pleaded guilty to one violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. According to Hammond's defense site, Hammond agreed to a plea bargain that carries a maximum of ten years behind bars, though he has not yet been sentenced. He has already spent over a year in jail while awaiting trial, and supporters are pushing for him to be released with time served; before the bargain, he faced a maximum of 30 years.
Hammond's press release referred to his hacking as an "act of protest;" he's previously compared himself to deceased hacktivist Aaron Swartz. His case is one of the last in a...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/28/4372680/lulzsec-jeremy-hammond-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-stratfor-hack
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