Federal authorities said Tuesday that months of secret cooperation from the former head of the hacktivist group LulzSec, aka “Sabu,” had prevented over 300 cyber attacks and resulted in the arrests of two suspects and the indictments of six, yielded suspects responsible for attacks on entities from the Tunisian government to PayPal and the television show X-Factor.Court documents describe “Sabu,” real name Hector Xavier Monsegur, as an “influential member of three hacker organizations — Anonymous, Internet Feds, and Lulz Securty (also known as “LulzSec)” and say the schemes he participated in were no joke.
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