Tag: Weev
Hacker and internet activist “Weev” was sentenced to 41 monthes in prison recently for his part in exposing a security flaw in AT&T’s network and collecting email addresses and information from an estimated 100,000 iPad users, but he has not been silenced . Weev has been tweeting from prison via TRULINCS, a new government program which provides inmates with some limited computer access, […]
Hacker Andrew Auernheimer, a.k.a. “Weev,” was sentenced to 41 months in prison today for his role in accessing AT&T’s website and aggregating email addresses and data from around 100,000 iPad users, then publicizing the hole in AT&T’s security system. The last tweet Auernheimer sent before being sentenced was an apparent display of indifference. No matter […]
