Security researchers file appeal for Weev following AT&T/iPad "hack"
A group of well-known security researchers on Monday asked an appeals court to overturn the sentence of a hacker who was jailed in March for taking advantage of an AT&T website flaw to expose iPad users' data.
Thirteen erudite security professionals, including Dan Kaminsky, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko and professor Gabriella Coleman, filed an amicus brief with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey, requesting that the conviction and 41-month sentence of Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer be tossed because he was found guilty for something that legitimate researchers regularly do as part of their profession: analyze the security of publicly available websites and applications.
It's the second time in a week that an amicus brief has been filed calling for the release of Auernheimer. Earlier, a team of high-profile computer crime defense attorneys authored an appeal.
