LulzSec Leader Gets Sentenced Of Just Seven Months For Helping

The leader of the hacker group LulzSec, Hector Xavier Monsegur, has been sentenced to a sentence of only seven months. Monsegur, better known as ‘Sabu’, cooperated after his arrest to track down accomplices.

This is evident from a letter drawn up by the authorities in the case against Monsegur, Wired discovered. Due to his contribution to the arrest of other LulzSec members, a greatly reduced sentence is being sought; Normally, the hacking activities LulzSec was involved in carry a sentence of between 259 and 317 months, or approximately between 21.5 and 26.5 years.

The US authorities call the contribution of Monsegur, better known within LulzSec as ‘Sabu’, in arresting other members of LulzSec ‘extremely valuable and productive’. Although the hacker probably reduced his sentence considerably through the deal with the government, the ‘snack in’ came in for a lot of criticism.

Monsegur was allegedly approached by the FBI in June 2011, a few months after he founded the hacker movement LulzSec. He would then have played an FBI informant, allegedly carrying out attacks on other countries at the behest of the US. Due to his contribution, several hackers were arrested. A number of LulzSec leaders have already been convicted. Hacker Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his contribution to the Stratfor hack.