Convicted hacker saved corporations
 

A computer hacker who infiltrated the servers of major corporations defected to the men in suits to avoid a large jail sentence.

Hector Xavier Monsegur was arrested by the cops and it was likely he would get more than 20 years porridge under the US government's "lock em up for years for no real purpose" justice system.

However Monsegur switched sides and helped the government disrupt hundreds of cyberattacks on Congress, NASA and other sensitive targets.

New York prosecutors detailed the cooperation of Monsegur for the first time in court papers while asking a judge to reward him with leniency at his sentencing Tuesday.

Monsegur helped them cripple Anonymous and worked around the clock with FBI agents at his side.

He provided, in real time, information about then-ongoing computer hacks and vulnerabilities in significant computer systems, prosecutors wrote.

The FBI estimates he helped detect at least 300 separate hacks, preventing millions of dollars in losses, they added.

It is believed that despite saving the Land of the Fee more than 300 times, he will still face jail. But because of his cooperation, the sentence could be two years or less.

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