Stephen Huntley Watt
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Stephen Watt | |
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Born | Stephen Huntley Watt 1984 (age 39–40) |
Other names | The UNIX Terrorist, JimJones |
Occupation | |
Criminal penalty | 2010: 2 years in federal prison[1] |
Website | https://twitter.com/uT_infection |
Stephen Watt is an American computer security consultant and hacker, known for his involvement in the TJX data breach.
After his release, he was involved in some security projects, such as the Subgraph OS[2] in 2017[3]
On August 8, 2014 he and Ladar Levison at DEF CON presented Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) protocol at DEF CON.[4]
References
- ^ "Hacker Sentenced For Providing Data Theft Tool in National Identity Theft Case" (PDF). justice.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017.
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- ^ "DEF CON 22 - Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt - Dark Mail". Youtube.
External links
- https://www.wired.com/2009/06/watt/
- http://www.cgisecurity.com/2009/06/stephen-wattjimjonesunix-terrorist-to-be-sentenced-monday.html
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10349836.htm
- https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/02/12/what-it-s-like-to-be-a-hacker-in-prison
- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Programmer-Accused-of-Assisting-Hackers-in-the-T-J-Maxx-Hit-97139.shtml