Posted on 01/09/2004 1:01:58 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:18:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
January 9, 2004 -- A cocky hacker who often publicly boasts of his exploits to other cybergeeks took on a remorseful tone yesterday when he admitted to a Manhattan federal judge he broke into The New York Times' computer system. Adrian Lamo, 22, now faces only a year in prison, rather than the maximum 15-year sentence he could have received if he went to trial and was convicted.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I guess that's the closest Lamer could get to finding a lawyer named "Hacker".
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