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Adrian Lamo is facing prosecution for allegedly breaking into the New York Times' computer network in February and accessing personal information of famous opinion contributors as well as running up a tab on its computer research service. But Lamo, a.k.a. "the Homeless Hacker," said he's not distraught.
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Not long ago Adrian Lamo was exploring an abandoned gypsum processing plant in West Philadelphia with two friends, when a police cruiser drove slowly by. Lamo's friends were high on methamphetamines, and at the sight of the cops they urged him to run. Instead, Lamo stood still, and as he did, he heard a strange rasping sound. Peering down a nearby sewer grate, Lamo found the source: a kitten, meowed to hoarseness, scrambling around on a pile of trash.
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Where Adrian Lamo chooses to go following the conclusion of his sentence is up to him. Following his arrest, Lamo returned to school and began studying journalism as a staff writer for the American River Current. As of April 7th, his voicemail at the paper remained active.
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Adrian Lamo, now 18 months into a two-year probation for hacking the NYT, is again in hot water -- this time because he failed to give a DNA sample to the federal government. Snip from Kevin Poulsen's report in Wired News:
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Adrian Lamo's appearance in this episode took place while he was wanted by the FBI. Federal agents had Lamo's home surrounded, oblivious to his absence. After appearing on TechTV's TSS, Lamo arranged his surrender four days later. more
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Freelance security consultant Adrian Lamo demonstrated that, armed only with an ordinary internet browser, he could access the content management system used by Yahoo!'s staff use to upload daily news. Lamo added the false quotes to stories to prove the hole was real to computer specialist site Security Focus.
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