An FBI informant led hacks against 30 countries—now we know which ones
By Dell Cameron on October 01, 2014
A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant targeted more than two dozen countries in a series of high-profile cyberattacks in 2012. The names of many of those countries have remained secret, under seal by a court orderuntil now.
A cache of leaked IRC chat logs and other documents obtained by the Daily Dot reveals the 30 countriesincluding U.S. partners, such as the United Kingdom and Australiatied to cyberattacks carried out under the direction of Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as Sabu, who served as an FBI informant at the time of the attacks.
The actual attacks were carried out by highly skilled hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, who broke into countless international websites identified by his partner, Monsegur. At the time, Hammond was unaware that Monsegur was working as an FBI informant. Hammond was arrested in March 2012 on charges based largely on information provided by Monsegur.
Amassed by federal agents with direct access to communications between Anonymous hacktivists, the private correspondence of Hammond and Monsegur, cofounder of hacktivist crew LulzSec, reveals the facilities of the AntiSec hacking group, who, under the FBIs constant surveillance, launched successive cyberattacks against foreign government networks.
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