Sigurdur Thordarson
Icelandic hacker, informant and criminal (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson (Icelandic: Sigurður Ingi Þórðarson) (born 1992), commonly known as Siggi hakkari ("Siggi the Hacker"),[1][2] is an Icelandic convicted criminal and FBI informant against WikiLeaks.[3][4][5] He is known for information leaks, multiple cases of fraud and embezzlement, sexual solicitation of minors and adults.[6][7][8] He has multiple convictions for sexual offences.
Sigurdur Thordarson | |
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Sigurður Ingi Þórðarson | |
Born | (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31) |
Nationality | Icelandic |
Other names | Siggi hakkari ("Siggi the Hacker") |
Known for | WikiLeaks, FBI |
Title | Volunteer in charge of chat rooms at WikiLeaks |
Criminal charge(s) | Information leaks, fraud, Solicitation of sex from underage boys and adults. |
Criminal status | Released |
In 2010, at the age of 17, he was arrested for stealing and leaking classified information about Icelandic financial companies.[9] After his arrest, Kristinn Hrafnsson introduced him to Julian Assange, the editor and founder of WikiLeaks, and he worked as a volunteer for the organization between 2010 and 2011.[10] In 2011, Thordarson contacted the FBI and offered to become an informant, turning over numerous internal WikiLeaks documents and hard drives in the process.[3] WikiLeaks accused him of having embezzled $50,000 from the WikiLeaks online store to which he pleaded guilty along with other economic crimes against other entities.[10][11][12] He was also accused of using Julian Assange's name in legal documents.[13]
In June 2021, in an interview with Icelandic newspaper Stundin, Thordarson recanted some of the previous accusations he had made against Julian Assange. Stundin said the accusations were used in the American indictment against Assange, but The Washington Post disagreed.[14][15]