Wired reports that Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, 26, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for exploiting an AT&T security hole three years ago. His bid to stay out of prison has failed. Instead, he’s going to get 3.5 years in the slammer.
https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-at-t-hackers-last-bid-to-stay-out-of-prison-5990462
In court documents first reported by Gizmodo last week, Weev’s lawyers tried to argue that he should only get probation for exposing AT&T’s faulty security. They argued that Weev didn’t so much hack AT&T as walk through a door the company left wide open. Well, the argument failed to persuade the judge who just locked the hacker up for the rest of his twenties. [Wired]
