Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker known as “Weev,” was sentenced Monday to 41 months in prison for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T’s publicly accessible website and sending the information to the media. The ruling immediately sparked an outcry from a digital rights group that claims the punishment does not fit the crime. Weev was also given three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $73,000 in restitution together with codefendant Daniel Spitler.
Hypothetically speaking, and if a person was so inclined, it sounds like the judge wants someone to pay him a visit in the middle of the night and give him a lesson in civil rights...
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Judge Throws the Book at AT&T Hacker 'Weev'
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 18, 2013 04:17 PMAndrew Auernheimer, a hacker known as “Weev,” was sentenced Monday to 41 months in prison for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T’s publicly accessible website and sending the information to the media. The ruling immediately sparked an outcry from a digital rights group that claims the punishment does not fit the crime. Weev was also given three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $73,000 in restitution together with codefendant Daniel Spitler.