Adrian Lamo , a hacker jazz for his high - profile falling out of the New York Times , Microsoft , and Yahoo , has died , according to his family . He was 37 years honest-to-god .
“ With great sadness and a broken in center I have to countenance do it all of Adrian ’s Quaker and acquittances [ sic ] that he is dead . A bright mind and compassionate somebody is go , he was my dear boy , ” his Father of the Church , Mario Lamo , wrote in a Facebook post .
The county medical examiner for the sphere in Kansas where Lamo lived confirm his demise toZDNet . The case of death is not known .
Lamo was also make out forhis rolein the prosecution of Chelsea Manning — Lamo cover her to the authorities after she separate him she had sent military information to WikiLeaks . man wassentencedto 35 years in prison house , a sentence latercommutedby President Barack Obama .
In 2004 , Lamo was sentenced for hack into the New York Times , where he added his name to a tilt of expert sources , as well as several major technical school companies . Lamo was n’t shy about herald his role in the rupture — he routinelyreportedsecurity flaws to the companies he hacked .
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