Self-described troll and Grey hat AT&T Hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer,
26, has been sentenced to 41 months/3.5 Years in prison for exploiting an
AT&T security hole three years ago, and releasing thousands of iPad
owners email addresses. According to authorities, they obtained the
ICC-ID and e-mail address for about 120,000 iPad users.
Each charge carried with it a potential prison terms of five years. He
will serve 41 months in a federal prison, with concurrent probation for
three years. He also owes restitution to the U.S. Treasury to be
dispersed to AT&T in the amount of $73,000.
Auernheimer compared his prosecution to that of Aaron Swartz. In January, Internet activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide
while facing trial for allegedly stealing millions of scholarly journal
articles from the digital archive JSTOR using MIT's network. Swartz
faced a potential sentenced of more than 30 years in prison.
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