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Matt Weiss was astatine Michigan for 2 seasons earlier helium was fired successful January of 2023. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Former Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss is facing implicit 20 national charges for allegedly hacking into the accounts of thousands of assemblage athletes and students crossed the state to entree their “personal, intimate integer photographs and videos” portion helium was employed by the school.
Weiss was fired successful January of 2023 for alleged machine entree crimes and the FBI was confirmed to beryllium progressive successful an probe into the allegations successful October of that year. Thursday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced that Weiss had been charged with 14 counts of unauthorized entree to computers and 10 counts of aggravated individuality theft.
Before moving astatine Michigan nether erstwhile manager Jim Harbaugh for 2 seasons, Weiss worked for the Baltimore Ravens nether Harbaugh's brother, John. According to national prosecutors, Weiss began illegally accessing accounts erstwhile helium was with the Ravens.
“According to the indictment, betwixt astir 2015 and January 2023, Weiss gained unauthorized entree to student-athlete databases of much than 100 colleges and universities that were maintained by a third-party vendor,” a connection from United States Attorney Julie Beck said. “After gaining entree to these databases, Weiss downloaded the personally identifiable accusation and aesculapian information of much than 150,000 athletes. Using the accusation that helium obtained from the student-athlete databases and his ain net research, Weiss was capable to get entree to the societal media, email and/or unreality retention accounts of much than 2,000 people athletes. Weiss besides illegally obtained entree to the societal media, email and/or unreality retention accounts of much than 1,300 further students and/or alumni from universities crossed the country.”
“Once Weiss obtained entree to these accounts, helium downloaded personal, intimate integer photographs and videos that were ne'er intended to beryllium shared beyond intimate partners.”
Weiss was placed connected permission aft helium was accused of amerciable activities astatine Michigan’s Schembechler Hall shot installation successful December of 2022. He was fired aft helium didn’t be a gathering with schoolhouse officials regarding the allegations.
“After a reappraisal of assemblage policies, the diversion section has terminated the assignment of co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks manager Matt Weiss,” a connection from Michigan diversion manager Warde Manuel said astatine the clip of Weiss' firing. “Consistent with assemblage policy, we volition person nary further remark connected this unit matter.”
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