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by tinco 4789 days ago
No he's mocking the idea that the FBI sanctioned the attacks. As far as I can tell, all major hacks by lulzsec predate the conversion of Sabu, but even if the FBI had control of Sabu before some of the attacks, that does not mean the FBI sanctioned them.

At best the FBI decided it was more important to catch these people than it was to prevent the leaking of some cc's.
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Dylan16807 4789 days ago
It depends on your definition of 'sanctioned'.
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clobber 4789 days ago
> As far as I can tell, all major hacks by lulzsec predate the conversion of Sabu

According to wiki, "He later turned informant for the FBI, working with the agency for over ten months to aid them in identifying other hackers from Lulzsec and related groups"

The CIA's website went down June 15th, 2011 (towards the end of the LulzSec campaign) - definitely while Sabu was working for the FBI.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Xavier_Monsegur

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2659326

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