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A quarter of hackers in the US have been recruited by federal authorities, according to Eric Corley, publisher of the hacker quarterly, 2600. Photograph: Getty Images
The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established.
Cyber policing units have had such success in forcing online criminals to co-operate with their investigations through the threat of long prison sentences that they have managed to create an army of informants deep inside the hacking community.
In some cases, popular illegal forums used by cyber criminals as marketplaces for stolen identities and credit card numbers have been run by hacker turncoats acting as FBI moles. In others, undercover FBI agents posing as "carders" – hackers specialising in ID theft – have themselves taken over the management of crime forums, using the intelligence gathered to put dozens of people behind bars.
So ubiquitous has the FBI informant network become that Eric Corley, who publishes the hacker quarterly, 2600, has estimated that 25% of hackers in the US may have been recruited by the federal authorities to be their eyes and ears. "Owing to the harsh penalties involved and the relative inexperience with the law that many hackers have, they are rather susceptible to intimidation," Corley told the Guardian.
"It makes for very tense relationships," said John Young, who runs Cryptome, a website depository for secret documents along the lines of WikiLeaks. "There are dozens and dozens of hackers who have been shopped by people they thought they trusted."
The best-known example of the phenomenon is Adrian Lamo, a convicted hacker who turned informant on Bradley Manning, who is suspected of passing secret documents to WikiLeaks. Manning had entered into a prolonged instant messaging conversation with Lamo, whom he trusted and asked for advice. Lamo repaid that trust by promptly handing over the 23-year-old intelligence specialist to the military authorities. Manning has now been in custody for more than a year.
For acting as he did, Lamo has earned himself the sobriquet of Judas and the "world's most hated hacker", though he has insisted that he acted out of concern for those he believed could be harmed or even killed by the WikiLeaks publication of thousands of US diplomatic cables.
"Obviously it's been much worse for him but it's certainly been no picnic for me," Lamo has said. "He followed his conscience, and I followed mine."
The latest challenge for the FBI in terms of domestic US breaches are the anarchistic co-operatives of "hacktivists" that have launched several high-profile cyber-attacks in recent months designed to make a statement. In the most recent case a group calling itself Lulz Security launched an audacious raid on the FBI's own linked organisation InfraGard. The raid, which was a blatant two fingers up at the agency, was said to have been a response to news that the Pentagon was poised to declare foreign cyber-attacks an act of war.
Lulz Security shares qualities with the hacktivist group Anonymous that has launched attacks against companies including Visa and MasterCard as a protest against their decision to block donations to WikiLeaks. While Lulz Security is so recent a phenomenon that the FBI has yet to get a handle on it, Anonymous is already under pressure from the agency. There were raids on 40 addresses in the US and five in the UK in January, and a grand jury has been hearing evidence against the group in California at the start of a possible federal prosecution.
Kevin Poulsen, senior editor at Wired magazine, believes the collective is classically vulnerable to infiltration and disruption. "We have already begun to see Anonymous members attack each other and out each other's IP addresses. That's the first step towards being susceptible to the FBI."
Barrett Brown, who has acted as a spokesman for the otherwise secretive Anonymous, says it is fully aware of the FBI's interest. "The FBI are always there. They are always watching, always in the chatrooms. You don't know who is an informant and who isn't, and to that extent you are vulnerable."
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EMERGENCY SHOOT!!!!!!!!!
JEFFREY ADAM
I BECAME FRIENDS WITH A WOMAN NAMED TAMARA RAWLINGS SPRY OR BLOCK…….WHO I FIND OUT NOW HAS MULTIPLE ADDRESSES, ALIASES, AND RUNS A QUESTIONABLE BUSINESS (ARIZONA CHIROPRACTICS) , AND AS A STOOLIE, WORKED AS AN INFORMANT IN THE STATE OF AZ, CA, NV, EXPLOITING/ENTRAPPING CHIROPRACTORS, LAWYERS (ENTIRE FIRMS), WHO WERE UNDER THE GUISE OR MISCONCEPTION THAT SHE WAS A LEGITIMATE PROFESSIONAL, OFFERING A LEGITIMATE AND LEGAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR OWN BUSINESSES/CLINICS/FIRMS(ALL OF WHO ARE TAKING MONEY UNDER THE PROVERBIAL TABLE), MIDDLING PERSONAL INJURY CASES WITH CHIROPRACTORS, AND LAWYERS, IN EXCHANGE SHE WOULD GET THEIR CLIENTS/PATIENTS/RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE RARELY EVEN INJURED (SHE CALLS HER CLIENTS, HER PATIENTS).
LAWYERS AND DOCTORS ARE SOLICITED THROUGH CONTACTS FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND FROM WORKING IN A SMALL WORLD, AMONGST A SMALL CIRCLE OF MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND COACHED PERSONAL INJURY CASES, AND SOLICITATIONS TO INSURANCE COMPANY'S!!…
HER CLIENTS, MANY OF WHOM BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH AND WHO RARELY, IF EVER RECEIVE THEIR FAIR AND LEGAL SHARE/CUT, LIKE IMMIGRANTS USUALLY DO (THEY ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF)! SHE ACTUALLY THINKS SHE KNOWS AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN THE LAWYERS AND DOCTORS WHO SHE WORKS WITH! AND EVEN THOUGH ARIZONA STATE LAW STIPULATES THAT YOU ARE NOT TO EVER WORK OUTSIDE OF YOUR LICENSE(HERS BEING CHIROPRACTIC..SOLEY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST CORRUPTIBLE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS); THIS PRACTICE IS RAMPANT. THESE ARE THE ACTIONS OF DOCTORS, LAWYERS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, FRAUD, AND THE FACT THAT TAMARA EARNS HER LIVING COORDINATING THESE ACTIONS; TRIANGULATING THIS SMALL CIRCLE, COSTS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY! IN A STATE THAT TREATS ITS POOREST AND YOUNGEST AND THE MANY ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO LIVE WITHIN THIS STATE, AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS; TAMARA PROUDLY STATES HOW SHE'S A LIBERAL WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA TWICE, AND WHOSE DAUGHTER NATASHA WILL BE RECEIVING OBAMA CARE, AND FOOD STAMPS. ISN'T THIS THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, AND THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE WEALTHY, SELFISH, NEEDY AND GIVING?
SHE WORKS UNDER A CHIROPRACTERS LICENSE, WHO IS IN THE LAST STAGES OF BRAIN, KIDNEY AND LIVER CANCER…….IN OTHER WORDS HE IS TERMINAL, AND IS BEING PAID FOR SLEEPING IN HIS BED! HE GETS A CUT, JUST FOR LETTING HER WORK UNDER HIS LICENSE, WHILE HE IS BEDRIDDEN AND HASN'T PRACTICED IN SEVERAL YEARS! SHE TOOK A COMPUTER BASED COURSE TO GET A LICENSE IN MEDICAL BILLING……..AND SINCE MOST PEOPLE, OR SMALL DOCTORS…..ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MEDICAL CODING., SHE IS ABLE TO INFLATE HER BILLS!
BEFORE I KNEW HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD BEEN IN COURT, AND BEFORE I KNEW OF THE ENEMIES SHE HAD STACKED UP OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HER FIGURE; WE BECAME VERY, VERY GOOD FRIENDS..OR SO I THOUGHT.....SHE POSTED MY PICTURE ON FBOOK (AS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH), WHICH I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE CALLED IT, REGARDLESS OF IT BEING COMPLEX AND INTENSE AND THERE WAS QUITE A DISTANCE BETWEEN US, SINCE SHE LIVES IN AZ, AND WORKS AS A (WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT!)…SHE MIDDLES BETWEEN PERSONAL INJURY CASES, LAWYERS, DOCTORS AND HERSELF....I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY IT'S A SERVICE BASED BUSINESS.......WE DECIDED (TOGETHER) I SHOULD MOVE THERE, AND AT THE SAME TIME SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS BEING ATTACKED BY HACKERS (WHO SHE CLAIMED WERE HER DEAD HUSBANDS FAMILY…..WHICH CONSISTED OF HER HUSBANDS FRIENDS AND FAMILY! THEY WERE CALLED FELONY, AND HAD SOME SUCCESS, WHICH UPON HER HUSBANDS DEATH, JEFFREY SCOTT SPRY, SHE HAD RUN AWAY WITH HER KIDS, AND LATER ON, UPON REAPPEARING AFTER RECORDING RIGHTS WERE SOLD, TAMARA BLOCK SPRY TRIED TO LAY CLAIM TO ALL OF IT! SHE LEFT BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR IN VEGAS, WITH A GARAGE BAND KID…..MAYBE 18!
JEFFREY'S BROTHER JOE AND HIS FRIEND PETER SAID THIS DESTROYED HIM, AS THE BAND WAS GOING THROUGH PROBLEMS! AS TAMARA WAS DOING PHOTO SHOOTS AND POLE DANCING…..AND IF SHE TAUNTED HIM, THE WAY SHE TAUNTED ME, WHILE GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME….; ONE MINUTE BEING ON TOP, APPEARING ON 'AMERICAN BANDSTAND AND A HIT SONG, TO BEING MARRIED TO AN UNFAITHFUL WIFE, AND BABYSITTING
THIS IS A WOMAN WHO WAS A B LEVEL PLAYMATE AND A D (CUP) LEVEL ACTRESS, WHOSE ADVANCES I BOUGHT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, AND I BELIEVED EVERYTHING SHE SAID. I BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS A VICTIM. I BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS BEING ABUSED. I BELIEVED THE ONE PERSON, IN ADDITION TO HER DAUGHTERS DESIRAE, WHO RUNS A TELEMARKETING BUSINESS THAT HAS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY RESTRUCTURED, IN ORDER TO STAY A STEP AHEAD OF THE LAW. THEY SELL WEBSITES TO RETIRED SENIORS, AND LEARNED HER TRADE BY WORKING AS Don Lapre's right hand man. UPON HIS ARREST (SEE BELOW), AND SUBSEQUENT SUICIDE UNDER SHERIFF JOE'S WATCH, OR MAYBE HE WASN'T WEARING HIS WATCH THAT DAY……DESIRAE, WHO FOUND OUT AT AGE 16, THAT JEFFREY SCOTT SPRY WAS NOT HER FATHER…FUCKIN 16!!! TAMARA BLOCK SPRY, WHO HAD DESIRAE AT AROUND 18-20, AND PURPOSELY GOT PREGNANT, BECAUSE SHE HAD CANCER, AND THERE WAS A 50% CHANCE OF IT RETURNING WITHIN 6 MONTHS, IN WHICH CASE THE DOCTORS SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY, AND THAT SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET PREGNANT….IF THAT WAS THE RESULT! SO TAMARA PICKED OUT A KID IN HS, DIDN'T TELL HIM WHAT HER PLAN WAS, MADE HIM HER BOYFRIEND, DESPITE SAYING SHE DIDN'T LOVE, NOR LIKE HIM….AND SHE BEGAN TO ILLUDE HIS ADVANCES, AND CLAIMS HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN JUST SPERM TO HER….AS SHE SAYS IT WITH A CHUCKLE!!! THE MAN LIVES IN SOUTHERN CA., AND DESPISES HER. SHE MET JEFFREY, ACCORDING TO THE BANDS MANAGER, WHO IN ADDITION TO BOOKING AND FINANCING, WAS SOMEWHAT OF A PARTY PLANNER. SHE THEN DESTROYED HIS (JEFFREY'S) MARRIAGE AS HE WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME, AS WAS TAMARA! JEFFREY'S LIFE WITH TAMARA INCLUDED ANOTHER CHILD, NATASHA, WHO HAS HAD ALMOST A DOZEN OD'S, MULTIPLE DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES, SO MANY DUI'S, LAWSUITS, CRIMINAL AND LEGAL CASES…INVOLVING MOST RECENTLY, THE THEFT OF A PRESCRIPTION PAD, AND TRYING TO CASH THAT IN. AND IN BETWEEN ALL OF THIS, IS HER LAST HUSBAND……WHO SHE CLAIMS TRIED TO KILL HER……….WHICH IF MURDER WAS LEGAL……THERE WOULD BE NO TAMARA SPRY! SHE BREAST FED HER DAUGHTER TASHA TO ALMOST 5 YEARS OLD……AND THAT IS CRAZY, BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE IS!!! SHE'S THAT AND SO MUCH MORE; SHE IS A THIEF, WHO SET ME UP, STOLE MY SS#, NEVER HAD ANY INTENTIONS OF ME MOVING OUT THERE, AND FROM A COUPLE OF THOUSAND MILES AWAY, MANAGED TO RUIN ME FINANCIALLY, DESTROYED MY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, MADE ME A TARGET BY STABBING ME IN THE BACK……BY ACCESSING MY EMAIL ACCOUNT, DELETING YEARS OF WORK, SENDING FALSE EMAILS FROM MY OWN ACCT, TO HERSELF………DESTROYING ME, POSSIBLY TRYING TO LAND ME IN A COURTROOM, CHANGED MY PHONE NMBRS, SHUT MY PARENTS ELECTRICITY OFF, TEXTED MY SICK FATHER, TEXTED AND SENT HARASSING EMAILS TO FRIENDS IN MY NAME (WHO R NO LONGER FRIENDS), TAUNTED ME TO OFF MYSELF…DESPITE KNOWING I HAD MADE A GENUINE ATTEMPT YEARS AND YEARS AGO; AND AS THINGS CAME INTO FOCUS, AND THE GAME BECAME CLEAR; SHE, AND HER DAUGHTERS AND HER DAUGHTER DESIRAE'S BOYFRIEND, WHO IMPERSONATED BOTH A COP AND FED (AND LEFT HIS WIFE, TOOK HER KIDS…CAUSE DESI CAN'T HAVE HER OWN, AND DESI GETS WHAT SHE WANTS), AND THEN THIS FAKE "SALESMAN" ORDERED ME TO SEND MY EVIDENCE TO SCOTTSDALE POLICE OR TO HIM! JASON IS HIS NAME, AND SHE IS DESIRAE SPRY! I STOPPED TALKING TO TAMARA ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO……AT WHICH POINT SHE SUFFERS FROM SUCH A MULTITUDE OF PSYCHOSIS PROBLEMS LAUGHED, WITH HER KIDS, …….WHO ARE GROWN, BUT ARE CHILDREN NONE THE LESS! DESIRAE HAD HER ESCALADE LINED WITH REAL (BUT SHE'S SO STUPID AND COLD HEARTED AND INSANE) LUIS VUITON UPHOLSTERY…..THAT ALONE COST 100K!!
SHE WAS TO COME IN FOR A FAMILY AFFAIR (WEDDING/BAR-MITZVAH)..AND MADE DEMANDS. ONE WAS THAT I GET DIVORCED, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN SEPERATED FOR A WHILE. THEY WEREN'T DEMANDS THAT SHE REQUESTED BE DONE ASAP, BUT STILL!! SHE WANTED A SPECIAL DINNER TO MEET EVERYONE……WTF! AND THIS WAS ABOUT 6 WEEKS AFTER HER SURGERY, WHICH SHE WAS RECOVERING WELL, BUT 4 WEEKS BEFORE SHE DECIDED TO GET A BOOB JOB, AND (ACCORDING TO HER), SUFFERED A BACTERIAL INFECTION AS A RESUL, AND CANCELLED THE WEEK OF (3 DAYS BEFORE)…..AND I USED MY VACATION TO LEARN HOW TO KNIT!
SHE DESERVES ALL THAT SHE GETS……SHE DESERVES THE SAD LIFE AND PATHETIC KIDS THAT POPPED OUT OF HER, AND ARE JUST AS DISGUSTING AS SHE IS…….
ANOTHER SUICIDE
HER CRAZY LIFE SOON CAME TO MY DOORSTEP, AT WHICH POINT SHE BEGAN TO ACCUSE ME OF BEING THE CULPRIT, DESPITE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A TRUSTING UNUSUAL AND UNCONVENTIONAL RELATIONSHIP….AND NOW I BELIEVE SHE HAS STOLEN MY IDENTITY.....AUTHORITIES ARE LITTLE HELP....AND THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN AN INTRUSION......THIS HAS DEVASTATED ME.....AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH...I BELIEVE IT WAS HER, ALL ALONG! SHE'S CAUSED ME (ALLEGEDLY) THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL DAMAGE.......I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON ANYMORE, AND I FEEL SUICIDAL...NO REASON TO GO ON....NO REASON TO TRUST...I FEEL LIKE I WAS SO PLAYED. SHE CALLED YESTERDAY ASKING FOR MY DAMAGED EQUIPMENT, WHICH I BROUGHT TO THE FEDL BLDNG IN NYC,WHICH HOUSES THE FBI.....AND SHE ALONG WITH HER "ENEMIES" ARE ALL OVER IT!! THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS A PLAYMATE, AND THE WIDOW OF A SUCCESSFUL BAND IN THE 80'S. HE COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND WE SHARED A NAME...JEFFREY! WHEN I TOLD HER HOW I FELT, AND HOW DECEIVED I FELT, AND THAT I WOULD NEVER…(NO FUCKIN WAY) GIVE HER ANY EVIDENCE I AM HOLDING....SHE SAID I'LL CALL U BACK..AND DIDN'T!!!! SHE'S BEEN ON MY SCREEN AND TAPPING OUR PHONES AND CALLS (MYSELF AND MY UNCLE FRANK ROCCIO), IS GUILTY OF INVOLVED, OR SO I'VE BEEN TOLD BY AUTHORITIES….WTF, WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF PEOPLE LIVE ON THIS SPINNING BALL, THATS OFF ITS AXIS!!! SHE'S , OR THEY HV TAKEN OVER MY APPS, EMAILS, CELLS (2 CMPTRS, 4 CELL PHONES AND 3 TABLETS SINCE JULY 2012 HV BEEN DESTROYED)
I HAVE LEARNED A LESSON, BUT I FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE……FRANK CALLS ME DOCTOR DOOM….BUT THIS IS WHAT TAMARA WILL BE FACING, AND HER DAUGHTER
IDENTITY THEFT (SHE HAS MY SS#)
COERCION
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER OR BODILY HARM
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
MEDICAL FRAUD
MEDICAID/MEDICARE FRAUD
INSURANCE FRAUD
DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT
INVASION OF PRIVACY
HARASSMENT, ETC………
IMPERSONATING A FEDERAL OFFICER AND A POLICE OFFICER
ATTEMPTING TO ILLEGALLY OBTAIN EVIDENCE …ETC
I'VE NEVER SUED ANYONE….I AM NOT LITIGIOUS, IN THE SLIGHTEST! BUT SHE CAME INTO MY LIFE UNDER LIES AND FALSE PRETENSES…..I NEVER WANTED TO BE IN A COURTROOM SO BAD!!!!!! I AM SO HURT, DEVASTATED, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN MY LIFE, AND PUT ME IN JEOPARDY OR TRIED TO MAKE ME THINK I WAS IN JEOPARDY (WHICH ACCORDING TO HER WAS TO KEEP ME SAFE..HAHA!)! THIS WAS FOR THEIR OWN DISGUSTING AND SELFISH REASONS! IF YOU WALK ON A THIN LINE LONG ENOUGH, IT WILL SNAP, AND THE SPRYS WILL GO SPLAT!
HER DAUGHTER HOME WRECKING DAUGHTER, DESIRAE SPRY, ALONG WITH HER BF, WHO REALLY(NO SHIT!), LOOKS LIKE A JOHN MCCAIN LOOKALIKE/GRANDPA/..OR DEFINITE REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN FROM ARIZONA..WAS DON LAPRE'S BIGGEST BROWN NOSER..BESIDES LEARNING TO RIP PEOPLE OFF..SHE NO0W RUNS A COMPANY WITH A GUY WHO PUTS EVERYTHING IN HER NAME..AND WHEN THE LAW ADJUSTS ITSELF TO NEW FRAUDULENT ATTACKS, CREATED BY THE LIKES OF THEM..THEY SHUT DWN..RE-INCORPORATE....AND PREY ON NOT THE BRIGHTEST OF FOLK..ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY!! SHE UPHOLSTERED HER ESCALADE WITH LOUIS VUITTON...PRICE TAG BOB? 100K....AND YOU SHLD HEAR HOW THESE PEOPLE REFER TO MEXICANS...OF WHICH ONE IS PROBABLY PRESENTLY USING MY SS#!!!!
Death Summary: Lapre's body was found in his cell surrounded by a large amount of blood. According to law enforcement sources it appears as though Lapre had cut himself, but no word on the item he used to inflict the damage upon himself was released.
Who was Don Lapre : Lapre was a TV pitchman and a well known marketing salesman and informercial huckster. His work involved such products as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and the "Making Money Package". He was often criticized for selling questionable business plans, which most of the time failed to live up to their promise to his clients. In June of 2011 Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional money laundering related to various Internet businesses. He was arrested on June 24, 2011. He was being held in an Airzona jail where he was scheduled to appear in court on October 4, 2011. (4 photos)
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A quarter of hackers in the US have been recruited by federal authorities, according to Eric Corley, publisher of the hacker quarterly, 2600. Photograph: Getty Images
The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established.
Cyber policing units have had such success in forcing online criminals to co-operate with their investigations through the threat of long prison sentences that they have managed to create an army of informants deep inside the hacking community.
In some cases, popular illegal forums used by cyber criminals as marketplaces for stolen identities and credit card numbers have been run by hacker turncoats acting as FBI moles. In others, undercover FBI agents posing as "carders" – hackers specialising in ID theft – have themselves taken over the management of crime forums, using the intelligence gathered to put dozens of people behind bars.
So ubiquitous has the FBI informant network become that Eric Corley, who publishes the hacker quarterly, 2600, has estimated that 25% of hackers in the US may have been recruited by the federal authorities to be their eyes and ears. "Owing to the harsh penalties involved and the relative inexperience with the law that many hackers have, they are rather susceptible to intimidation," Corley told the Guardian.
"It makes for very tense relationships," said John Young, who runs Cryptome, a website depository for secret documents along the lines of WikiLeaks. "There are dozens and dozens of hackers who have been shopped by people they thought they trusted."
The best-known example of the phenomenon is Adrian Lamo, a convicted hacker who turned informant on Bradley Manning, who is suspected of passing secret documents to WikiLeaks. Manning had entered into a prolonged instant messaging conversation with Lamo, whom he trusted and asked for advice. Lamo repaid that trust by promptly handing over the 23-year-old intelligence specialist to the military authorities. Manning has now been in custody for more than a year.
For acting as he did, Lamo has earned himself the sobriquet of Judas and the "world's most hated hacker", though he has insisted that he acted out of concern for those he believed could be harmed or even killed by the WikiLeaks publication of thousands of US diplomatic cables.
"Obviously it's been much worse for him but it's certainly been no picnic for me," Lamo has said. "He followed his conscience, and I followed mine."
The latest challenge for the FBI in terms of domestic US breaches are the anarchistic co-operatives of "hacktivists" that have launched several high-profile cyber-attacks in recent months designed to make a statement. In the most recent case a group calling itself Lulz Security launched an audacious raid on the FBI's own linked organisation InfraGard. The raid, which was a blatant two fingers up at the agency, was said to have been a response to news that the Pentagon was poised to declare foreign cyber-attacks an act of war.
Lulz Security shares qualities with the hacktivist group Anonymous that has launched attacks against companies including Visa and MasterCard as a protest against their decision to block donations to WikiLeaks. While Lulz Security is so recent a phenomenon that the FBI has yet to get a handle on it, Anonymous is already under pressure from the agency. There were raids on 40 addresses in the US and five in the UK in January, and a grand jury has been hearing evidence against the group in California at the start of a possible federal prosecution.
Kevin Poulsen, senior editor at Wired magazine, believes the collective is classically vulnerable to infiltration and disruption. "We have already begun to see Anonymous members attack each other and out each other's IP addresses. That's the first step towards being susceptible to the FBI."
Barrett Brown, who has acted as a spokesman for the otherwise secretive Anonymous, says it is fully aware of the FBI's interest. "The FBI are always there. They are always watching, always in the chatrooms. You don't know who is an informant and who isn't, and to that extent you are vulnerable."
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Hacking · Cybercrime
World news
FBI · United States · Secret service
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Sony hackers target NHS computers
Hospitals and primary care trusts alerted to security breach, but no patient's medical records accessed during incident
Hacking collective targets FBI affiliate after Nintendo and Sony attacks
Nintendo becomes latest victim in global wave of cyber-attacks
Feds versus the hacker underground: army of informers turned by fear
How computer hackers do what they do ... and why
Deterrence won't stop cyber-attacks
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EMERGENCY SHOOT!!!!!!!!!
JEFFREY ADAM
I BECAME FRIENDS WITH A WOMAN NAMED TAMARA RAWLINGS SPRY OR BLOCK…….WHO I FIND OUT NOW HAS MULTIPLE ADDRESSES, ALIASES, AND RUNS A QUESTIONABLE BUSINESS (ARIZONA CHIROPRACTICS) , AND AS A STOOLIE, WORKED AS AN INFORMANT IN THE STATE OF AZ, CA, NV, EXPLOITING/ENTRAPPING CHIROPRACTORS, LAWYERS (ENTIRE FIRMS), WHO WERE UNDER THE GUISE OR MISCONCEPTION THAT SHE WAS A LEGITIMATE PROFESSIONAL, OFFERING A LEGITIMATE AND LEGAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR OWN BUSINESSES/CLINICS/FIRMS(ALL OF WHO ARE TAKING MONEY UNDER THE PROVERBIAL TABLE), MIDDLING PERSONAL INJURY CASES WITH CHIROPRACTORS, AND LAWYERS, IN EXCHANGE SHE WOULD GET THEIR CLIENTS/PATIENTS/RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE RARELY EVEN INJURED (SHE CALLS HER CLIENTS, HER PATIENTS).
LAWYERS AND DOCTORS ARE SOLICITED THROUGH CONTACTS FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND FROM WORKING IN A SMALL WORLD, AMONGST A SMALL CIRCLE OF MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND COACHED PERSONAL INJURY CASES, AND SOLICITATIONS TO INSURANCE COMPANY'S!!…
HER CLIENTS, MANY OF WHOM BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH AND WHO RARELY, IF EVER RECEIVE THEIR FAIR AND LEGAL SHARE/CUT, LIKE IMMIGRANTS USUALLY DO (THEY ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF)! SHE ACTUALLY THINKS SHE KNOWS AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN THE LAWYERS AND DOCTORS WHO SHE WORKS WITH! AND EVEN THOUGH ARIZONA STATE LAW STIPULATES THAT YOU ARE NOT TO EVER WORK OUTSIDE OF YOUR LICENSE(HERS BEING CHIROPRACTIC..SOLEY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST CORRUPTIBLE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS); THIS PRACTICE IS RAMPANT. THESE ARE THE ACTIONS OF DOCTORS, LAWYERS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, FRAUD, AND THE FACT THAT TAMARA EARNS HER LIVING COORDINATING THESE ACTIONS; TRIANGULATING THIS SMALL CIRCLE, COSTS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY! IN A STATE THAT TREATS ITS POOREST AND YOUNGEST AND THE MANY ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO LIVE WITHIN THIS STATE, AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS; TAMARA PROUDLY STATES HOW SHE'S A LIBERAL WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA TWICE, AND WHOSE DAUGHTER NATASHA WILL BE RECEIVING OBAMA CARE, AND FOOD STAMPS. ISN'T THIS THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, AND THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE WEALTHY, SELFISH, NEEDY AND GIVING?
SHE WORKS UNDER A CHIROPRACTERS LICENSE, WHO IS IN THE LAST STAGES OF BRAIN, KIDNEY AND LIVER CANCER…….IN OTHER WORDS HE IS TERMINAL, AND IS BEING PAID FOR SLEEPING IN HIS BED! HE GETS A CUT, JUST FOR LETTING HER WORK UNDER HIS LICENSE, WHILE HE IS BEDRIDDEN AND HASN'T PRACTICED IN SEVERAL YEARS! SHE TOOK A COMPUTER BASED COURSE TO GET A LICENSE IN MEDICAL BILLING……..AND SINCE MOST PEOPLE, OR SMALL DOCTORS…..ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MEDICAL CODING., SHE IS ABLE TO INFLATE HER BILLS!
BEFORE I KNEW HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD BEEN IN COURT, AND BEFORE I KNEW OF THE ENEMIES SHE HAD STACKED UP OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HER FIGURE; WE BECAME VERY, VERY GOOD FRIENDS..OR SO I THOUGHT.....SHE POSTED MY PICTURE ON FBOOK (AS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH), WHICH I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE CALLED IT, REGARDLESS OF IT BEING COMPLEX AND INTENSE AND THERE WAS QUITE A DISTANCE BETWEEN US, SINCE SHE LIVES IN AZ, AND WORKS AS A (WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT!)…SHE MIDDLES BETWEEN PERSONAL INJURY CASES, LAWYERS, DOCTORS AND HERSELF....I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY IT'S A SERVICE BASED BUSINESS.......WE DECIDED (TOGETHER) I SHOULD MOVE THERE, AND AT THE SAME TIME SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS BEING ATTACKED BY HACKERS (WHO SHE CLAIMED WERE HER DEAD HUSBANDS FAMILY…..WHICH CONSISTED OF HER HUSBANDS FRIENDS AND FAMILY! THEY WERE CALLED FELONY, AND HAD SOME SUCCESS, WHICH UPON HER HUSBANDS DEATH, JEFFREY SCOTT SPRY, SHE HAD RUN AWAY WITH HER KIDS, AND LATER ON, UPON REAPPEARING AFTER RECORDING RIGHTS WERE SOLD, TAMARA BLOCK SPRY TRIED TO LAY CLAIM TO ALL OF IT! SHE LEFT BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR IN VEGAS, WITH A GARAGE BAND KID…..MAYBE 18!
JEFFREY'S BROTHER JOE AND HIS FRIEND PETER SAID THIS DESTROYED HIM, AS THE BAND WAS GOING THROUGH PROBLEMS! AS TAMARA WAS DOING PHOTO SHOOTS AND POLE DANCING…..AND IF SHE TAUNTED HIM, THE WAY SHE TAUNTED ME, WHILE GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME….; ONE MINUTE BEING ON TOP, APPEARING ON 'AMERICAN BANDSTAND AND A HIT SONG, TO BEING MARRIED TO AN UNFAITHFUL WIFE, AND BABYSITTING
THIS IS A WOMAN WHO WAS A B LEVEL PLAYMATE AND A D (CUP) LEVEL ACTRESS, WHOSE ADVANCES I BOUGHT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, AND I BELIEVED EVERYTHING SHE SAID. I BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS A VICTIM. I BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS BEING ABUSED. I BELIEVED THE ONE PERSON, IN ADDITION TO HER DAUGHTERS DESIRAE, WHO RUNS A TELEMARKETING BUSINESS THAT HAS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY RESTRUCTURED, IN ORDER TO STAY A STEP AHEAD OF THE LAW. THEY SELL WEBSITES TO RETIRED SENIORS, AND LEARNED HER TRADE BY WORKING AS Don Lapre's right hand man. UPON HIS ARREST (SEE BELOW), AND SUBSEQUENT SUICIDE UNDER SHERIFF JOE'S WATCH, OR MAYBE HE WASN'T WEARING HIS WATCH THAT DAY……DESIRAE, WHO FOUND OUT AT AGE 16, THAT JEFFREY SCOTT SPRY WAS NOT HER FATHER…FUCKIN 16!!! TAMARA BLOCK SPRY, WHO HAD DESIRAE AT AROUND 18-20, AND PURPOSELY GOT PREGNANT, BECAUSE SHE HAD CANCER, AND THERE WAS A 50% CHANCE OF IT RETURNING WITHIN 6 MONTHS, IN WHICH CASE THE DOCTORS SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY, AND THAT SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET PREGNANT….IF THAT WAS THE RESULT! SO TAMARA PICKED OUT A KID IN HS, DIDN'T TELL HIM WHAT HER PLAN WAS, MADE HIM HER BOYFRIEND, DESPITE SAYING SHE DIDN'T LOVE, NOR LIKE HIM….AND SHE BEGAN TO ILLUDE HIS ADVANCES, AND CLAIMS HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN JUST SPERM TO HER….AS SHE SAYS IT WITH A CHUCKLE!!! THE MAN LIVES IN SOUTHERN CA., AND DESPISES HER. SHE MET JEFFREY, ACCORDING TO THE BANDS MANAGER, WHO IN ADDITION TO BOOKING AND FINANCING, WAS SOMEWHAT OF A PARTY PLANNER. SHE THEN DESTROYED HIS (JEFFREY'S) MARRIAGE AS HE WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME, AS WAS TAMARA! JEFFREY'S LIFE WITH TAMARA INCLUDED ANOTHER CHILD, NATASHA, WHO HAS HAD ALMOST A DOZEN OD'S, MULTIPLE DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES, SO MANY DUI'S, LAWSUITS, CRIMINAL AND LEGAL CASES…INVOLVING MOST RECENTLY, THE THEFT OF A PRESCRIPTION PAD, AND TRYING TO CASH THAT IN. AND IN BETWEEN ALL OF THIS, IS HER LAST HUSBAND……WHO SHE CLAIMS TRIED TO KILL HER……….WHICH IF MURDER WAS LEGAL……THERE WOULD BE NO TAMARA SPRY! SHE BREAST FED HER DAUGHTER TASHA TO ALMOST 5 YEARS OLD……AND THAT IS CRAZY, BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE IS!!! SHE'S THAT AND SO MUCH MORE; SHE IS A THIEF, WHO SET ME UP, STOLE MY SS#, NEVER HAD ANY INTENTIONS OF ME MOVING OUT THERE, AND FROM A COUPLE OF THOUSAND MILES AWAY, MANAGED TO RUIN ME FINANCIALLY, DESTROYED MY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, MADE ME A TARGET BY STABBING ME IN THE BACK……BY ACCESSING MY EMAIL ACCOUNT, DELETING YEARS OF WORK, SENDING FALSE EMAILS FROM MY OWN ACCT, TO HERSELF………DESTROYING ME, POSSIBLY TRYING TO LAND ME IN A COURTROOM, CHANGED MY PHONE NMBRS, SHUT MY PARENTS ELECTRICITY OFF, TEXTED MY SICK FATHER, TEXTED AND SENT HARASSING EMAILS TO FRIENDS IN MY NAME (WHO R NO LONGER FRIENDS), TAUNTED ME TO OFF MYSELF…DESPITE KNOWING I HAD MADE A GENUINE ATTEMPT YEARS AND YEARS AGO; AND AS THINGS CAME INTO FOCUS, AND THE GAME BECAME CLEAR; SHE, AND HER DAUGHTERS AND HER DAUGHTER DESIRAE'S BOYFRIEND, WHO IMPERSONATED BOTH A COP AND FED (AND LEFT HIS WIFE, TOOK HER KIDS…CAUSE DESI CAN'T HAVE HER OWN, AND DESI GETS WHAT SHE WANTS), AND THEN THIS FAKE "SALESMAN" ORDERED ME TO SEND MY EVIDENCE TO SCOTTSDALE POLICE OR TO HIM! JASON IS HIS NAME, AND SHE IS DESIRAE SPRY! I STOPPED TALKING TO TAMARA ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO……AT WHICH POINT SHE SUFFERS FROM SUCH A MULTITUDE OF PSYCHOSIS PROBLEMS LAUGHED, WITH HER KIDS, …….WHO ARE GROWN, BUT ARE CHILDREN NONE THE LESS! DESIRAE HAD HER ESCALADE LINED WITH REAL (BUT SHE'S SO STUPID AND COLD HEARTED AND INSANE) LUIS VUITON UPHOLSTERY…..THAT ALONE COST 100K!!
SHE WAS TO COME IN FOR A FAMILY AFFAIR (WEDDING/BAR-MITZVAH)..AND MADE DEMANDS. ONE WAS THAT I GET DIVORCED, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN SEPERATED FOR A WHILE. THEY WEREN'T DEMANDS THAT SHE REQUESTED BE DONE ASAP, BUT STILL!! SHE WANTED A SPECIAL DINNER TO MEET EVERYONE……WTF! AND THIS WAS ABOUT 6 WEEKS AFTER HER SURGERY, WHICH SHE WAS RECOVERING WELL, BUT 4 WEEKS BEFORE SHE DECIDED TO GET A BOOB JOB, AND (ACCORDING TO HER), SUFFERED A BACTERIAL INFECTION AS A RESUL, AND CANCELLED THE WEEK OF (3 DAYS BEFORE)…..AND I USED MY VACATION TO LEARN HOW TO KNIT!
SHE DESERVES ALL THAT SHE GETS……SHE DESERVES THE SAD LIFE AND PATHETIC KIDS THAT POPPED OUT OF HER, AND ARE JUST AS DISGUSTING AS SHE IS…….
ANOTHER SUICIDE
HER CRAZY LIFE SOON CAME TO MY DOORSTEP, AT WHICH POINT SHE BEGAN TO ACCUSE ME OF BEING THE CULPRIT, DESPITE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A TRUSTING UNUSUAL AND UNCONVENTIONAL RELATIONSHIP….AND NOW I BELIEVE SHE HAS STOLEN MY IDENTITY.....AUTHORITIES ARE LITTLE HELP....AND THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN AN INTRUSION......THIS HAS DEVASTATED ME.....AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH...I BELIEVE IT WAS HER, ALL ALONG! SHE'S CAUSED ME (ALLEGEDLY) THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL DAMAGE.......I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON ANYMORE, AND I FEEL SUICIDAL...NO REASON TO GO ON....NO REASON TO TRUST...I FEEL LIKE I WAS SO PLAYED. SHE CALLED YESTERDAY ASKING FOR MY DAMAGED EQUIPMENT, WHICH I BROUGHT TO THE FEDL BLDNG IN NYC,WHICH HOUSES THE FBI.....AND SHE ALONG WITH HER "ENEMIES" ARE ALL OVER IT!! THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS A PLAYMATE, AND THE WIDOW OF A SUCCESSFUL BAND IN THE 80'S. HE COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND WE SHARED A NAME...JEFFREY! WHEN I TOLD HER HOW I FELT, AND HOW DECEIVED I FELT, AND THAT I WOULD NEVER…(NO FUCKIN WAY) GIVE HER ANY EVIDENCE I AM HOLDING....SHE SAID I'LL CALL U BACK..AND DIDN'T!!!! SHE'S BEEN ON MY SCREEN AND TAPPING OUR PHONES AND CALLS (MYSELF AND MY UNCLE FRANK ROCCIO), IS GUILTY OF INVOLVED, OR SO I'VE BEEN TOLD BY AUTHORITIES….WTF, WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF PEOPLE LIVE ON THIS SPINNING BALL, THATS OFF ITS AXIS!!! SHE'S , OR THEY HV TAKEN OVER MY APPS, EMAILS, CELLS (2 CMPTRS, 4 CELL PHONES AND 3 TABLETS SINCE JULY 2012 HV BEEN DESTROYED)
I HAVE LEARNED A LESSON, BUT I FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE……FRANK CALLS ME DOCTOR DOOM….BUT THIS IS WHAT TAMARA WILL BE FACING, AND HER DAUGHTER
IDENTITY THEFT (SHE HAS MY SS#)
COERCION
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER OR BODILY HARM
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
MEDICAL FRAUD
MEDICAID/MEDICARE FRAUD
INSURANCE FRAUD
DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT
INVASION OF PRIVACY
HARASSMENT, ETC………
IMPERSONATING A FEDERAL OFFICER AND A POLICE OFFICER
ATTEMPTING TO ILLEGALLY OBTAIN EVIDENCE …ETC
I'VE NEVER SUED ANYONE….I AM NOT LITIGIOUS, IN THE SLIGHTEST! BUT SHE CAME INTO MY LIFE UNDER LIES AND FALSE PRETENSES…..I NEVER WANTED TO BE IN A COURTROOM SO BAD!!!!!! I AM SO HURT, DEVASTATED, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN MY LIFE, AND PUT ME IN JEOPARDY OR TRIED TO MAKE ME THINK I WAS IN JEOPARDY (WHICH ACCORDING TO HER WAS TO KEEP ME SAFE..HAHA!)! THIS WAS FOR THEIR OWN DISGUSTING AND SELFISH REASONS! IF YOU WALK ON A THIN LINE LONG ENOUGH, IT WILL SNAP, AND THE SPRYS WILL GO SPLAT!
HER DAUGHTER HOME WRECKING DAUGHTER, DESIRAE SPRY, ALONG WITH HER BF, WHO REALLY(NO SHIT!), LOOKS LIKE A JOHN MCCAIN LOOKALIKE/GRANDPA/..OR DEFINITE REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN FROM ARIZONA..WAS DON LAPRE'S BIGGEST BROWN NOSER..BESIDES LEARNING TO RIP PEOPLE OFF..SHE NO0W RUNS A COMPANY WITH A GUY WHO PUTS EVERYTHING IN HER NAME..AND WHEN THE LAW ADJUSTS ITSELF TO NEW FRAUDULENT ATTACKS, CREATED BY THE LIKES OF THEM..THEY SHUT DWN..RE-INCORPORATE....AND PREY ON NOT THE BRIGHTEST OF FOLK..ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY!! SHE UPHOLSTERED HER ESCALADE WITH LOUIS VUITTON...PRICE TAG BOB? 100K....AND YOU SHLD HEAR HOW THESE PEOPLE REFER TO MEXICANS...OF WHICH ONE IS PROBABLY PRESENTLY USING MY SS#!!!!
Death Summary: Lapre's body was found in his cell surrounded by a large amount of blood. According to law enforcement sources it appears as though Lapre had cut himself, but no word on the item he used to inflict the damage upon himself was released.
Who was Don Lapre : Lapre was a TV pitchman and a well known marketing salesman and informercial huckster. His work involved such products as "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and the "Making Money Package". He was often criticized for selling questionable business plans, which most of the time failed to live up to their promise to his clients. In June of 2011 Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional money laundering related to various Internet businesses. He was arrested on June 24, 2011. He was being held in an Airzona jail where he was scheduled to appear in court on October 4, 2011. (4 photos)
