Lamo told the government, as Bradley Manning stole secret documents

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted by synt4x in Security

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Famous hacker confirmed that he has devoted to the details of government leaks of secret U.S. military data.

As the Daily Telegraph, a well-known hacker Adrian Lamo (Adrian Lamo) confirmed that it was he told the U.S. government about the leak of secret military data on the web-site Wikileaks. In particular, the expert said that the main suspect of the U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning (Bradley Manning) got in touch with him May 21, 2010 by e-mail and told him about their intention to declassify U.S. diplomatic documents and videos from the field of military operations.

According to the Lamo, the soldier led a correspondence with him under the pseudonym bradass87. In the course of communication attacker managed to learn that Manning managed to steal and pass resource WikiLeaks about 260 000 diplomatic cables to initiate a “world-wide discussions, debates and reforms.”

Hacker also said that after four days of correspondence, he realized the scale of possible damage and reported this conversation the U.S. Army. A few hours later, Manning was arrested by military police on-site service in the vicinity of Baghdad, said Lamo.

It is worth noting that lawyers Manning deny the fact that the suspect is thus «bradass87». At the same time, the trial prosecutor, pertaining to the matter, said recently that the average person familiar with the founder of the portal WikiLeaks Julian Assange (Julian Assange).

Recall that a suspect soldier faces life imprisonment. Defense strategy is based on Manning’s lawyers that the leak has caused significant damage to the U.S. government.