LulzSec was not Anonymous. While some of its membership may have overlapped, that doesn't really mean anything, because anyone can be a part of Anonymous, simpl

LulzSec was not Anonymous. While some of its membership may have overlapped, that doesn't really mean anything, because anyone can be a part of Anonymous, simply by carrying out acts in the group's name. Sabu forgot to activate TOR before logging into IRC just a single time, and the FBI was able to locate him. Sabu was the legal guardian of his siblings, and was pretty much told that he would never see them again if he didn't cooperate with the feds. And so Sabu became a mole for the FBI, spending the next several months trying to elicit identifiable information from his own crew. For the most part, it worked. What's interesting is that at least one of his fellow hackers is already out of prison, and the rest are going to be out in a few years. Sabu on the other hand, being a United States citizen, faces much harsher penalties than his European counterparts even though he was the only one with a deal. If I had to guess, best case scenario he is going to be sentenced to 10 years. To be honest though, I wouldn't be surprised if he got a few decades more. Also, Sabu didn't have to manipulate Anonymous into attacking CP networks. It's something that they do on a semi-regular basis. They did it before Sabu, and they are doing it now.