AT&T hacker and internet troll 'Weev' appeals 41-month prison sentence

The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday filed an appeal seeking to free Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, the hacker and self-described internet troll who exploited a hole in AT&T's publicly facing website to siphon the personal data of some 114,000 iPad owners.

AT&T hacker sentenced

Ultimately, Auernheimer was the catalyst behind AT&T fixing the gaping security hole he climbed through to get that information. He's currently serving a 41-month sentence at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex in White Deer, Pennsylvania, in the US.

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