The former Michigan football coach accused of hacking the personal information from thousands of athletes and stealing “intimate” photos and videos has pleaded guilty to the crimes.
Matt Weiss, 42, was hit by a 24-counter federal prosecution on Thursday, prosecutors announced; He was fired from his coaching position under previous head coach Jim Harbaugh After an investigation of the alleged crimes.
According to the charges from 2015 to 2023, Weiss got “unauthorized access to student athlete databases of more than 100 colleges and universities maintained by a third -party provider.”
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Matt Weiss, 42, was hit by a 24 count Federal indictment on Thursday, prosecutors announced. (Mark J. Revilas/USA Today Sports)
Then he allegedly downloaded personal information and data on more than 150,000 athletes, and from there Weiss was able to access the information from more than 2,000 athletes, including access to their social media, e -mail and cloud storage.
Weiss is accused of using this information to download “Personal, Intimate Digital Photographs and Videos Never Intended to Be Shared Outly Partners,” prosecutors said.
Then he allegedly downloaded personal information and data on more than 150,000 athletes, and from there Weiss was able to access the information from more than 2,000 athletes, including access to their social media, e -mail and cloud storage. (Mark J. Revilas/USA Today Sports)
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Weiss is facing 14 counts with unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts with deteriorated identity theft. He stands a maximum of five years in prison for each of the unauthorized access fees and up to two years for each counting theft. Each fee for unauthorized access to computers also comes with a fine of $ 250,000.
Weiss is facing 14 counts with unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts with deteriorated identity theft. (IMagn)
Weiss was the co-offensive coordinator of the Wolverines team, who won the Big Ten and reached College Football Playoff in 2022. He also worked under Harbaugh in Stanford before joining John Harbaugh’s staff at Baltimore Ravens.
