Posted on 09/07/2003 4:11:36 PM PDT by Libloather
New York Times Hacker Says Willing to Surrender
2 hours, 40 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A 22-year-old hacker known for breaking into corporate networks and publicly exposing the security holes said he is prepared to surrender to federal authorities looking to arrest him for computer crimes, including breaking into The New York Times network last year.
Adrian Lamo did not reveal his whereabouts in a telephone interview on Saturday with Reuters, but did say he plans to turn himself in with the help of the Federal Public Defender's office in Sacramento, California, near where his parents live.
The Public Defender's office tried to contact the U.S. Attorney's office on Friday to discuss the matter, he said.
There was no one available for comment at the U.S. Attorney's office in New York on Sunday. The office had declined to comment on Friday.
A spokeswoman for The New York Times said the company was cooperating with a federal investigation into the February 2002 security breach of the newspaper's network, but declined to comment further. The complaint against Lamo is sealed, the Public Defender's office said.
Lamo said he has broken into Web sites of Yahoo, Google and other companies. Asked why he did it to show the companies' the weaknesses in their systems, he said no. "I don't see myself as some sort of white knight to make companies better," he said. "I was just in the right place at the right time."
Bubba, his future cellmate, will be glad to hear it...
LOL! There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -- is that what you're saying?
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