NEW YORK (AP) — A self-described anarchist and “hacktivist” from Chicago pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he illegally accessed computer systems of law enforcement agencies and government contractors.

“As part of each of these hacks, I took and decimated confidential information stored on computer systems websites used by each of the entities,” Jeremy Hammond told a judge in federal court in Manhattan. “For each of these hacks, I knew what I was doing was against the law.”

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