1. Jeremy Hammond founded the computer security training website HackThisSite in 2003.
17 Facts About Jeremy Hammond
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Jeremy Hammond was first imprisoned over the Protest Warrior hack in 2005 and was later convicted of computer fraud in 2013 for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor and releasing data to WikiLeaks, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Jeremy Hammond was held in civil contempt of court after refusing to testify on the principle of grand jury resistance.
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Jeremy Alexander Hammond was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights, Illinois, with his twin brother Jason.
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For inserting the backdoor, Jeremy Hammond was called before the department chair and ultimately banned from returning for his sophomore year.
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Jeremy Hammond worked as a Mac technician in Villa Park, Illinois.
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Jeremy Hammond founded the computer security training website HackThisSite at age 18, during the summer after his high school graduation.
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On March 5,2012, Jeremy Hammond was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago for his involvement in the December 2011 cyberattack on Stratfor, a private intelligence firm.
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Jeremy Hammond was one of six individuals from the United States, England and Ireland indicted.
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Information from Monsegur helped lead the authorities to at least eight co-conspirators, including Jeremy Hammond, and helped to disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks.
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In May 2013, Jeremy Hammond pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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Jeremy Hammond has insisted that he would not have carried out the breach of Stratfor's systems without the involvement of Sabu.
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Jeremy Hammond was sentenced on November 15,2013, to the maximum of ten years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
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In October 2019, Jeremy Hammond was summoned before a Virginia federal grand jury which was investigating WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange.
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Jeremy Hammond was held in civil contempt of court by Judge Anthony Trenga after refusing to testify.
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Jeremy Hammond was returned to federal prison to serve the balance of his 10 year sentence.
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Jeremy Hammond may have received an early release in December 2019 had the grand jury not intervened.