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A conspiracy? Tell us more!

Are you mocking the idea of one single person being undercover by calling it a 'conspiracy'?

No he's mocking the idea that the FBI sanctioned the attacks. As far as I can tell, all major hacks by lulzsec predate the conversion of Sabu, but even if the FBI had control of Sabu before some of the attacks, that does not mean the FBI sanctioned them.

At best the FBI decided it was more important to catch these people than it was to prevent the leaking of some cc's.

It depends on your definition of 'sanctioned'.

> As far as I can tell, all major hacks by lulzsec predate the conversion of Sabu

According to wiki, "He later turned informant for the FBI, working with the agency for over ten months to aid them in identifying other hackers from Lulzsec and related groups"

The CIA's website went down June 15th, 2011 (towards the end of the LulzSec campaign) - definitely while Sabu was working for the FBI.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Xavier_Monsegur

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2659326

Are you trying to downplay rumours of a conspiracy by mocking the idea that it might exist?

No, but that's a tempting idea...

so, yes?

:3c

Not sure where you're going with this. Care to explain?

Speculative translation of your parent:

"I've had it just about up to here with inane conspiracy theories about every corner of government including the DMV and the Census Bureau, but please do give me one more!"

Yes, because domestic spying agencies (or their controlling entities) couldn't possibly have anything to gain by increased control over the web- let's say through legislation, followed by the outcome of events like LulzSec.

Edit: link to old discussion here since this his hard for some people to grasp and make the connections: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2659326

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