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TechTV | Adrian Lamo Speaks With Leo Before Arrest Page 1 of 2 — . Get the inside scoop on the Watch the next new Microsoft® Office Systam der and enter to win cool pet Microsoft insider sy be -5 b7c -5 techtv Adrian Lamo Speaks With Leo Before Arrest The gray-hat hacker talked with ‘The Screen Savers’ as he waited to-hs before turning himself in. By Tom Merritt % A According to SecurityFocus, Adrian Lamo, a famous hacker who exploits security holes and helps companies fix them, is being hunted by the FBI. Lamo called "The Screen Savers" at the top of the show. Lamo hacked into the website of The New York Times in February 2002 and took the Social Security numbers of several people. He then added his name to the list of contributors to (iD The New York Times and notified the paper of what he'd done. The Times responded by abt threatening to prosecute. (ay Avigaer eee, (on) —» ms This morning Trigger Street Productions, a ad production studio formed by actor Kevin Spacey in 2002, called Leo and mentioned that Lamo's parents were served with a warrant for his arrest. The folks at Trigger Street have stayed with Lamo to document his arrest. Adrian Lamo made arrangements with public defenders to turn himself in. He talked to us by phone before he did so. : Two days ago, according to Lamo, the FBI tipped its hand and let him know it wanted him. ; Lamo said the FBI wanted to search his parents‘ premises, but his mother refused to let its agents in. According to Lamo, the charges might relate to the criminal complaint by The New York Times. He said he intends fo turn himself in after he reviews the charges. Although the FBI isn’t (n& ree ngersh . saying what the charges are, Lamo said he thinks he'll be allowed to know the charges on before he turns himself in. He expects the charges to be reasonable and he said he'll defend himself rigorously. “This will not be a slam-dunk prosecution," Lamo said. "[But] I'm worried. | don't know what's going to happen." Lamo said he didn’t know if he would be arrested immediately after he got off the phone. “It's a shame it had to come to this,” he said. "| intend to show that this sort of thing can't be ab seen as a deterrent. I've done things that people see as illegal and probably are illegal, but t don’t think !'ve done anything wrong." “{ don’t think things happen by accident. | don’t think that I've done anything wrong. | don't think the FBI is doing anything wrong," he said, be -4,5 Lamo said he was going to a safe place to review his legal options after he had talked with Us, although his lawyer has advised him to turn himself in as soon as humanly possible. Lamo also said he intends to answer for his actions. hitp://www.techtv.com/screensavers/print/0,23102,351753. BI(19-cv-1495)-2135