Sep 6, 2003

'Homeless hacker' may surrender to FBI

I was watching screensavers at Techtv and Lamo was on their Phone, his voice was cracking! I guess a lot of emotions was going on fore him. A documentary crew is with him filming all of his motions. There is a documentary coming out on Hackers and their lifestyle and their purpose. Adrian is one of the hackers that are in this documentary. Adrian lamo hacks the sites and computer systems and then tells the companies of the flaws in their system, so they can fix it. Until now only one company had to complain on this good hackers act. He said when I was watching that it might be New York Times who had a complaint on him. He might become an idol as he might be for some others, an icon in the internet cyber world.

Cnet:Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker who claims responsibility for a series of high-profile electronic intrusions over the last two years, is negotiating with the FBI to surrender over criminal charges. Lamo, 22, said his attorney is talking with the U.S. Attorney's office in New York City over unspecified allegations of criminal misconduct. On Thursday, FBI agents showed up at his parents' home in Sacramento, Calif., Lamo said in a telephone interview Friday evening, during which he would not disclose his location...