Stephen Huntley Watt
Stephen Huntley Watt (born 1984) is an American computer security consultant and hacker, known for his involvement in the TJX data breach.
Stephen Huntley Watt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
| Other names | The UNIX Terrorist, JimJones, Stephers Wattson |
| Occupation | |
| Criminal penalty | 2010: 2 years in federal prison[1] |
| Website | Stephen Huntley Watt on Twitter |
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
- "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
- 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
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