Second AT&T iPad hacker indicted
A man accused of hacking into AT&T Inc servers and stealing personal data belonging to 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users was indicted on Wednesday, two weeks after a co-defendant pleaded guilty.
Andrew Auernheimer was charged by a Newark, New Jersey grand jury with one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computers and one count of identity theft, the office of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in New Jersey said.
The indictment follows co-defendant Daniel Spitler's guilty plea on June 23 to the same charges. Spitler could face a 12- to 18-month prison term at his sentencing, which is scheduled for September 28. Auernheimer is a resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and has been free on bail. The federal public defender's office in Newark, which represents him, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
