Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned in Chelsea Manning, has died at 37
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- Adrian Lamo, a hacker who informed the government about Chelsea Manning's theft of secret documents, has reportedly died.
- Lamo, who had been previously convicted of illegally hacking into the New York Times' website, was 37.
- His cause of death hasn't been disclosed.
Adrian Lamo, the hacker perhaps best known for reporting Chelsea Mannning's theft of secret documents to the government, has reportedly died.
His father, Mario Lamo, announced Lamo's death in a Facebook group on Friday.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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