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Third man associated with #Anonymous in Australia Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charges

Posted on December 23, 2015February 4, 2025 by Dissent

CORRECTED: Adam Bennett, aka “Lorax,” was arrested in May, 2014, during the same time period that other members of Anonymous is Australia were arrested. DataBreaches.net has reported on the other two men: Mathew Hutchison (aka Rax) and a third person (aka Juzzy, Absantos, etc.). Information on Bennett’s case was difficult to obtain as the prosecution kept changing the charges. Now Raincoaster reports elsewhere that a plea deal of sorts has been reached and sentencing will be in March 2016. Because there are no plea deals in AU, I wound up deleting her material post-publication as it suggested some sort of deal when there was none.

According to a spokesperson for FreeAnons who has spoken directly with Adam and his wife,  many of the 22 charges Adam faced were thrown out due to lack of evidence. There was no plea deal. Adam pleaded guilty to six remaining charges where the evidence against him made it likely he would be convicted if he went to trial. Five of those charges were for being complicit to a crime, and one related to when he pentested his employer’s system for the Heartbleed vulnerability. Being complicit to a crime, while serious, is a lot less serious than the original charges he faced, and it suggests that again, the prosecutors didn’t have enough evidence to make any more serious charge stick.

The last charge, related to the pentesting, seems outrageous not only to Adam’s many supporters, but to security professionals who would like to see more employees testing their employer’s system for vulnerabilities.

The Free Anon spokesperson tells DataBreaches.net that given his history of community service and many positive contributions to society, Adam and his supporters remain hopeful that he will receive a non-custodial sentence.

 Update: on February 4, 2025, this post was edited to remove the real name of one person as he not only served his time but then turned his life around despite all the challenges of overcoming the bad press and reputation he had built.  DataBreaches wishes him the best of luck in his new job and career. 

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2 thoughts on “Third man associated with #Anonymous in Australia Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charges”

  1. andre says:
    December 24, 2015 at 2:22 am

    Grace and dignity if ever i have seen it put into words.

    1. andre says:
      December 24, 2015 at 2:27 am

      Break it to them gently. No charges. Period!
      Let them struggle with it for a while. Then in return for their freedom we turn jails into homeless shelters

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