The Many Conflicting Faces of Sabu
Today we learn more about the Internet hacktivist known as Sabu via fresh court documents made public yesterday, which further complicate his persona.
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The indicted Reuters deputy social media editor was operating as an "undercover-type" investigative journalist during his dealings with Anonymous, his lawyer said Friday, claiming that his client was only pretending to be one of them to get a good story.
Today we learn more about the Internet hacktivist known as Sabu via fresh court documents made public yesterday, which further complicate his persona.
One of its key players turned out to be an FBI informant and Anonymous is frustrated, so it's acting out in classic fashion by knocking the website of a computer security firm offline and posting the employees' logins on Pastebin, but the retaliation is small compared to its past actions.
Agents searched homes, questioned people, and confiscated equipment
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