this Former Michigan football coach Accused of hacking into the personal information of thousands of athletes and stealing “intimate” photos and videos, plead not guilty to the crime.
Matt Weiss, 42, was attacked on Thursday by 24 federal indictments, prosecutors announced. He was fired from his coaching position as a former head coach Jim Harbor After investigating the alleged crime.
From 2015 to 2023, Weiss “gained unauthorized access to student-athletes databases of more than 100 universities and universities maintained by third-party suppliers.”
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Matt Weiss, 42, was attacked on Thursday by 24 federal indictments, prosecutors announced. (Mark J. Redlas/US Sports Today)
He then allegedly downloaded personal information and data from more than 150,000 athletes, and from there, Weiss was able to access information from more than 2,000 athletes, including access to their social media, email and cloud storage.
Weiss is accused of using this information to download “personal, intimate digital photos and videos that are never intended to surpass intimate partners,” prosecutors said.
He then allegedly downloaded personal information and data from more than 150,000 athletes, and from there, Weiss was able to access information from more than 2,000 athletes, including access to their social media, email and cloud storage. (Mark J. Redlas/US Sports Today)
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Weiss faces 14 counts of unauthorized access to a computer and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft. He charged him with up to five years in prison for unauthorized visits, with each count of identity theft for up to two years. Each fee for unauthorized access to the computer is also fined $250,000.
Weiss faces 14 counts of unauthorized access to a computer and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft. (Imagn)
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Weiss is a co-offensive coordinator for the Wolverines team, winning the Big Ten and entering the college football playoffs in 2022. Baltimore Raven.
Paulina Dedaj of Fox News contributed to the report.
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