NEW YORK, March 19 — A Swiss software engineer has been indicted on charges of identity theft, conspiracy and fraud, the US Justice Department said yesterday, a week after the same hacker took credit for breaching a security camera startup and exposing surveillance footage. According to US...
A Swiss software engineer has been indicted on charges of identity theft, conspiracy and fraud, the US Justice Department said yesterday. — Reuters picNEW YORK, March 19 — A Swiss software engineer has been indicted on charges of identity theft, conspiracy and fraud, the US Justice Department said yesterday, a week after the same hacker took credit for breaching a security camera startup and exposing surveillance footage.
The stolen files and records of more than 100 entities were posted online for public viewing and download, the grand jury indictment released yesterday said. Known online as “deletescape” and “tillie crimew”, Kottmann told Bloomberg last week that the Verkada hack was inspired by “lots of curiosity, fighting for freedom of information and against intellectual property, a huge dose of anti-capitalism, a hint of anarchism — and it’s also just too much fun not to do it”.“Wrapping oneself in an allegedly altruistic motive does not remove the criminal stench from such intrusion, theft, and fraud,” she said yesterday.
Kottmann faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of wire fraud or conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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