Here's Ryan Tate, the first writer to cover
AT&T's massive iPad data leak, on the "hacking" conviction of Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer for exposing it in the first place: "
The scapegoating of Auernheimer is revolting for two reasons. One, it lets AT&T off the hook for exposing sensitive information to public view, shifting the blame onto those who reported the slip-up, and discouraging future disclosure. Two, the jailing of Auernheimer criminalizes the act of fetching openly available data over the web."
Previously.
— Rob
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Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer was sentenced today to
41 months in prison for figuring out a security flaw in AT&T's website, writes Matt Brian. The "hack", which exposed iPad users' email addresses, involved entering serial numbers into a publicly-accessible web form. While one journalist lamented that prosecutors "admitted they didn't understand computers", court documents also showed that Auernheimer had entertained the idea of using the info for a phishing trip. He also
said stupid things on Reddit last night to encourage maximal outcomes, as is his wont. [Verge]
— Rob
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Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, the 26-year-old "iPad hacker" charged with federal crimes for obtaining personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T’s website was found guilty on Tuesday in federal court in New Jersey. The court convicted him in one count of identity fraud and one count of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization.
Kim Zetter in Wired has the details. Weev tweeted that
he plans to appeal.
— Xeni
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