The Associated Press, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a U.S. security-camera startup.
Kottmann had described the most recent hack and leak of camera footage from customers of California security-camera provider Verkada as part of a “hacktivist" cause of exposing the dangers of mass surveillance.“These actions can increase vulnerabilities for everyone from large corporations to individual consumers," Gorman wrote."Wrapping oneself in an allegedly altruistic motive does not remove the criminal stench from such intrusion, theft, and fraud.
The indictment ties a number of hacks to Kottmann over the past year, including one targeting an unnamed security device manufacturer based in the Seattle region and another affecting a maker of tactical equipment.
At least they got the idiot