TechDirt: We've written a few times about the case of Andrew Auernheimer, perhaps better known as weev. While he has a bit of a reputation as an online troll, and self-admitted jerk, his case is yet another example of how ridiculously broken the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) remains. In this case, what he did was expose a pretty blatant security hole in AT&T's servers, that allowed anyone to go in and find the emails of any AT&T iPad owner, merely by incrementing the user ID.
This comes after new net neutrality laws pass in California.
AT&T’s CEO John Stankey said that he expects the pay-TV industry to soon hit a level of little or no growth. He predicts that it will plateau once the number of pay-TV subscribers falls somewhere between 55 and 60 million users.
PCMag released its Fastest Mobile Networks report and there are plenty of interesting insights to be found, including ones about 5G.
This guy exposed how horrendously underprotected at and t data system was and he didnt use the data for personal gain he just told at and t and he was prosecuted; he also got more time than a rapists(2 years for rapes) and the fraudsters in the financial sector(cause of the GLOBAL financial meltdown) and politicians that create illegal wars that result in the deaths of millions. What a wonderful system /s
AT&T should be f$kin prosecuted...
Yeah, why wouldn't AT&T just be happy about this great noble deed? I mean wouldn't you want someone volunteering themselves to come over to your place and look for security weaknesses? Then they could tell everyone where you keep your spare key, you know to help out and advance home security everywhere..
So facebook rewards people that find security loopholes and reports them. AT&T on the other hand sends them to prison.
Also now the US Goverment has the authority to use drone strikes against "cyber terrorists" like this fellow within US borders. Great so next time we will hear of a house being bombed in rural ohio cause some teenager decided to poke around in someone elses network.
I have always hated AT&T. I guess ill say it again... Fuck you AT&T, you will never have any $$$ from me..