Hacker Adrian Lamo died at the age of 37 

Hacker Adrian Lamo died at the age of 37 

Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned in Chelsea Manning to the FBI for leaking classified government documents on Wikileaks, has died.

Lamo’s father, Mario, announced the news Friday on Facebook.

‘With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and acquaintances that he is dead,’ Mario Lamo posted. ‘A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son.’

Mario Lamo did not reveal how or when his son died. Lamo, who was living in Wichita, Kansas, was 37.

A spokeswoman for Sedgwick County’s regional forensic science center told Business Insider that an autopsy is being conducted and will determine the cause of death.  

Kate Flavin also told the outlet that she was unsure when Lamo died or how his body was found. 

Lamo's father Mario confirmed the death Friday on Facebook. A cause of death has not been revealed 

Lamo's father Mario confirmed the death Friday on Facebook. A cause of death has not been revealed 

Lamo’s father Mario confirmed the death Friday on Facebook. A cause of death has not been revealed 

In the early 2000s Lamo hacked into the systems at The New York Times and Yahoo and was sentenced to six months of home detention 

In the early 2000s Lamo hacked into the systems at The New York Times and Yahoo and was sentenced to six months of home detention 

In the early 2000s Lamo hacked into the systems at The New York Times and Yahoo and was sentenced to six months of home detention 

In the early 2000s Lamo hacked into systems at The New York Times, Microsoft and Yahoo. 

He pleaded guilty to the Times hack and was fined and sentenced to six months of home detention.

He later became known for turning in transgender former US Army soldier Chelsea Manning to the government after she confided in him that she had stolen classified documents and turned them over to Julian Assange’s Wikileaks. 

Manning was convicted of leaking classified US documents and sentenced to 35 years in prison. 

Former president Barack Obama commuted Manning’s sentence and she was released last year. 

Lamo also turned in Chelsea Manning (pictured) to the FBI for leaking classified government documents on Wikileaks

Lamo also turned in Chelsea Manning (pictured) to the FBI for leaking classified government documents on Wikileaks

Lamo also turned in Chelsea Manning (pictured) to the FBI for leaking classified government documents on Wikileaks

 Lamo told The Guardian in 2011 that he turning Manning in caused him to have ‘lasting regret’.    

‘I think about (her) every day. The decision was not one I decided to make, but was thrust upon me,’ he said. 

‘Had I done nothing, I would have been left wondering whether the hundreds of thousands of documents that had been leaked to unknown third parties would end up costing lives, either directly or indirectly.’



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