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==Early life and education== Adrian Lamo was born in [[Malden, Massachusetts]].<ref name="nyt obit"/><ref name="mpalm03">{{cite news | last=Palmquist | first=Matt | title=A Duty to Hack | newspaper=[[SF Weekly]] | date=April 16, 2003 | url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-04-16/news/a-duty-to-hack/full/ | access-date=June 8, 2013 | archive-date=July 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714135628/http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-04-16/news/a-duty-to-hack/full | url-status=dead }}</ref> His father, Mario Ricardo Lamo, was .<ref name="AA">{{cite web|url=http://www.alfonsoarjona.net/2011/02/23/hackers-historicos-adrian-lamo/|title=Historical hackers: Adrian Lamo|date=February 23, 2011|publisher=Alfonso Arjona|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319213749/http://www.alfonsoarjona.net/2011/02/23/hackers-historicos-adrian-lamo/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Adrian Lamo attended high schools in [[Bogotá]] and San Francisco,<ref name="nyt obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/obituaries/adrian-lamo-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/obituaries/adrian-lamo-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Adrián Lamo, Hacker Who Reported Chelsea Manning to the F.B.I., Dies at 37|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 17, 2018|author=Mays, Jeffrey C.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from which he did not graduate,<ref name=HacksSquats>{{cite magazine |last=Shachtman |first=Noah |date=March 6, 2002 |title=He Hacks by Day, Squats by Night |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=February 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427024818/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2002/03/50811 |archive-date=April 27, 2008 |url-status=live |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2002/03/50811 |quote=[...] the suits weren't about to pay attention to some hacker kid who didn't even have a high school diploma. }}</ref><ref>[http://www.informationweek.com/with-friends-like-this/d/d-id/1015608 "With Friends Like This"]. ''InformationWeek''.</ref><ref>[http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-04-16/news/a-duty-to-hack/2/ "A Duty to Hack"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012110437/http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-04-16/news/a-duty-to-hack/2/ |date=October 12, 2013 }}. ''SF Weekly''.</ref> but received a [[General Educational Development|GED]] and was court-ordered to take courses at [[American River College]],<ref>Mills, Elinor. "[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10271162-83.html Q&A: Adrian Lamo, the hacker philosopher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805181134/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10271162-83.html |date=August 5, 2009 }}." ''[[CNET]]''. June 24, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2014. "In terms of higher education, I was court-ordered to attend school after I was arrested and I studied journalism at American River College in Carmichael, Calif."</ref> a community college in [[Sacramento County, California]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Shachtman, Noah|title=Adrian Lamo Cuts Deal With Feds|url=http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/01/61831?currentPage=all|magazine=Wired|date=September 1, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015202422/http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/01/61831?currentPage=all|archive-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10271162-83.html "Q&A: Adrian Lamo, the hacker philosopher"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805181134/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10271162-83.html |date=August 5, 2009 }}. CNET (CBS Interactive).</ref> Lamo began his hacking efforts by hacking games on the [[Commodore 64]] and through [[Phreaking|phone phreaking]].<ref name=":1" />
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