03.07.2013 02:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

AT&T iPad hacker appeals conviction

The FBI in 2011 filed charges against Andrew Auernheimer, known as "weev", for exploiting a security hole on AT&T's servers and obtaining approximately 114,000 email addresses of iPad users who accessed the web via a 3G connection. The security breach made headlines, in part, because weev was able to obtain the email addresses of some high-profile individuals, including NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Diane Sawyer and Rahm Emanuel. Weev was subsequently convicted on one count of identity fraud and another count of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization. In November of 2012, he was sentenced to 41 months in prison. This week, Auernheimer

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