Stephen Huntley Watt
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Stephen Huntley Watt | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
| Other names | The UNIX Terrorist, JimJones, Stephers Wattson |
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| Criminal penalty | 2 years in federal prison (2010)[1] |
| Website | Stephen Huntley Watt on Twitter |
Stephen Huntley Watt (born 1984) is an American computer security consultant and hacker, known for his involvement in the TJX data breach.
After his release from federal prison, he was involved in some security projects, such as the Subgraph OS[2] in 2017.[3]
On August 8, 2014, he and Ladar Levison presented the Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) protocol at DEF CON.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hacker Sentenced For Providing Data Theft Tool in National Identity Theft Case" (PDF). justice.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2013.
- ^ "acknowledgements - Stephen Watt (@uT_infection) for a bunch of stuff, notably assisting greatly with porting the seccomp-bpf policy generator to gosecco as well as the early version of the log monitor". Subgraph OS.
- ^ "We are happy to announce that Stephen Watt (@uT_Infection) has joined the @Subgraph OS development team".
- ^ "DEF CON 22 - Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt - Dark Mail". Youtube.
External links
[edit]- https://www.wired.com/2009/06/watt/
- http://www.cgisecurity.com/2009/06/stephen-wattjimjonesunix-terrorist-to-be-sentenced-monday.html
- PRWeb
- 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