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Anonymous’ Most Notorious Hacker Is Back, and He’s Gone Legit

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

Andy Greenberg reports that Hector Monsegur, formerly known as “Sabu,”  has turned white-hat penetration tester with Rhino Labs.

I’ll go out on a limb here and predict that the article will anger those who still blame him for helping law enforcement identify and prosecute other hackers and hacktivists.

Read the story on Wired.


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