Infamous hacker who gave up whistleblower Chelsea Manning to the FBI dies in Kansas
Source: New York Daily News
The controversial hacker who gave up Chelsea Manning to the FBI died in Kansas this week, according to relatives and local officials.
Adrian Lamo, who first came into the public spotlight after hacking into servers at the New York Times, Microsoft and Yahoo in the early 2000s, died in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, at some point this week, a spokeswoman for the Segdwick County coroner confirmed to the Daily News.
"With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian's friends and acquaintances that he is dead," Lamo's father, Mario Lamo, posted on Facebook Friday. "A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son."
It was not immediately clear how or when the Colombian-American hacker passed away. He was 37.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hacker-gave-chelsea-manning-fbi-dies-kansas-article-1.3878901
Unknown cause of death, I'm sure the conspiracy theories will start flying soon
= new reply since forum marked as read
