Adrian Lamo to respond to arrest of PFC Manning

Online, June 7, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Sacramento, CA -- celebrated ex-hacker Adrian Lamo plans to respond by Tuesday, Jun 8 to allegations that he was instrumental in the arrest of PFC Manning.

Adrian Lamo is a threat analyst and journalist, known as a former grey hat hacker, principally for breaking into a series of high-security computer networks, and his subsequent arrest.

Best known among these were his intrusions into The New York Times. Yahoo! News and Microsoft. He is also known for identifying security flaws in computer networks of Fortune 500 companies and then notifyin

A statement in the Manning matter will be issued at either 1600 Pacific on Monday or Tuesday as events develop.

Lamo was initially named in a Wired article concerning the accused, generating a significant Internet backlash,

Lamo's heart goes out to the family of the accused.