Adrian Lamo
“The Homeless Hacker”Intruder, Then Informant
The New York Times intrusion, and reporting Chelsea Manning
Rating
80Impact score
Domains
Web intrusionMisconfiguration hunting
Scouting report
Broke into Microsoft, Yahoo and The New York Times from library terminals and coffee shops, usually telling the victim afterwards. In 2010 he reported Chelsea Manning to the authorities after she confided in him — a decision that split the community permanently. Died in 2018.
Curator’s note
The most divisive card in the set, and it stays in. The history is the history.
Sources
- 01Adrian Lamo en.wikipedia.org
- 02Wired, 2011 — the Manning–Lamo chat logs wired.com