Lulzsec’s Jeremy Hammond Pleads Guilty for the Lulz

Jeremy Hammond, a radical anarchist and sloppy hacker, pleaded guilty to hacking charges in New York in a plea bargaining agreement. He could face ten years in prison.

From LegalInsurrection here:

Jeremy Hammond, a notorious hacker and anarchist from the Chicago area, pleaded guilty this morning to hacking charges in a New York courtroom under the terms of a plea agreement.

Hammond was initially charged in March 2012 with one count of computer hacking conspiracy, one count of computer hacking, and one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Several others also associated with the hacker collective Anonymous and its splinter faction LulzSec were also charged that day, in connection with the guilty plea of one of their co-conspirators, Hector Monsegur aka “Sabu.”

The information that was stolen from Stratfor was then turned over to Wikileaks, which began publishing the cache in February of 2012, billing it as the “Global Intelligence Files.”

Indeed, the information that was leaked as a result of the Stratfor hack may have exposed some “secrets” about the firm, though it was largely scoffed at by people in the industry, many of whom claim that Stratfor took itself more seriously than anyone else did. Still, this was a private firm with private clients and subscribers, all of whom became victims due to the actions of Hammond.

Hammond is scheduled to be sentenced on September 6th. His plea agreement could carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and millions in restitution payments.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Hammond delivered a whackjob anarchist speech to DefCon in 2004- I was present at this speech when the crowd jeered and taunted little Jeremy that he had seen Fight Club a few too many times.