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|fullname = Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer | |fullname = Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer | ||
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'''Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Weev''', is an American hacker associated with the [[Alt-Right]] who is the current webmaster of [[The Daily Stormer|''The Daily Stormer'']]''. ''He is best known for being indicted for exposing a flaw in computer security that allowed hackers to steal data, for which he served 13 months in prison before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial was not conducted properly. | '''Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Weev''', is an American hacker associated with the [[Alt-Right]] who is the current webmaster of [[The Daily Stormer|''The Daily Stormer'']]''. ''He is best known for being indicted for exposing a flaw in computer security that allowed hackers to steal data, for which he served 13 months in prison before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial was not conducted properly. He is currently in contact with controversial Right-Wing pundit Milo Yiannopoulos, and has previously urged for people to kill black or Jewish children, as well as praising [[Anders Behring Breivik]]. He was barred from appearing on ''Breitbart News''as the organisation did not want to associate with someone who is legally considered a racist. He also claimed responsibility for an incident in which thousands of printers across the US were hacked and made to print flyers adorned with Swastikas. | ||
Despite his neo-Nazi and antisemitic views, Auernheimer is of Jewish descent. | Despite his neo-Nazi and antisemitic views, Auernheimer is of Jewish descent. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Auernheimer was born in Arkansas in 1985. At age 14, in 1999, he enrolled at James Madison University to study mathematics, and dropped out in 2000. | Auernheimer was born in Arkansas in 1985. At age 14, in 1999, he enrolled at James Madison University to study mathematics, and dropped out in 2000. | ||
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Later in March 2013, civil rights lawyer and George Washington University Law School faculty Orin Kerr joined Auernheimer's legal team, free of charge. | Later in March 2013, civil rights lawyer and George Washington University Law School faculty Orin Kerr joined Auernheimer's legal team, free of charge. | ||
Auernheimer was serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low, a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, and was scheduled for release in January 2016. On July 1, 2013, his legal team filed a brief with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that his convictions should be reversed because he had not violated the relevant provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. | Auernheimer was serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low, a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, and was scheduled for release in January 2016.[56] On July 1, 2013, his legal team filed a brief with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that his convictions should be reversed because he had not violated the relevant provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.[57][58] | ||
On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit issued an opinion vacating Auernheimer's conviction, on the basis that the New Jersey venue was improper, since neither Auernheimer, his co-conspirators, nor AT&T's servers were in New Jersey at the time of the data breach. While the judges did not address the substantive question on the legality of the site access, they were skeptical of the original conviction, observing that no circumvention of passwords had occurred and that only publicly accessible information was obtained. He was released from prison on April 11, 2014. | On April 11, 2014, the Third Circuit issued an opinion vacating Auernheimer's conviction, on the basis that the New Jersey venue was improper, since neither Auernheimer, his co-conspirators, nor AT&T's servers were in New Jersey at the time of the data breach. While the judges did not address the substantive question on the legality of the site access, they were skeptical of the original conviction, observing that no circumvention of passwords had occurred and that only publicly accessible information was obtained. He was released from prison on April 11, 2014. | ||
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In a letter to the Federal government the following month, he demanded compensation for his jailing to be awarded in bitcoin. He referred to three men, including Oklahoma bomber [[Timothy McVeigh]], as being among "the greatest patriots of our generation" and wished to use the compensation to build memorials to them. The other men were [[Joseph Stack]] and [[Marvin Heemeyer]], two men who had also died in violent incidents. (Stack flew his plane into a building in Austin, Texas; Heemeyer also took his own life, in his case after using a bulldozer to demolish many buildings in a Colorado town.) Auernheimer told a journalist from ''Vice'': "I honestly think we need to build statues of them just to piss off federal agents really." | In a letter to the Federal government the following month, he demanded compensation for his jailing to be awarded in bitcoin. He referred to three men, including Oklahoma bomber [[Timothy McVeigh]], as being among "the greatest patriots of our generation" and wished to use the compensation to build memorials to them. The other men were [[Joseph Stack]] and [[Marvin Heemeyer]], two men who had also died in violent incidents. (Stack flew his plane into a building in Austin, Texas; Heemeyer also took his own life, in his case after using a bulldozer to demolish many buildings in a Colorado town.) Auernheimer told a journalist from ''Vice'': "I honestly think we need to build statues of them just to piss off federal agents really." | ||
Following his release, Auernheimer lived for a time in Lebanon, Serbia, and Ukraine. In 2016, he told an interviewer that he was living in Kharkiv. | Following his release, Auernheimer lived for a time in Lebanon, Serbia, and Ukraine. In 2016, he told an interviewer that he was living in Kharkiv.[13] The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reported Auernheimer to have left Ukraine in 2017 for Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. | ||
In early October 2014, ''The Daily Stormer'' published an article by Auernheimer in which he effectively identified himself as a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] and neo-Nazi. He is known for his "extremely violent rhetoric advocating [[genocide]] of non-whites", according to the SPLC. "[[Hitler]] did nothing wrong", he tweeted in March 2016. Auernheimer's Twitter account was banned the following December. | In early October 2014, ''The Daily Stormer'' published an article by Auernheimer in which he effectively identified himself as a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] and neo-Nazi. He is known for his "extremely violent rhetoric advocating [[genocide]] of non-whites", according to the SPLC. "[[Hitler]] did nothing wrong", he tweeted in March 2016. Auernheimer's Twitter account was banned the following December. | ||
In incidents occurring in March and August 2016, Auernheimer sent flyers adorned with racist and anti-Semitic messages to thousands of unsecured printers across the United States; flyers bearing swastikas and promoting ''The Daily Stormer'' were sent to multiple universities. He claimed responsibility for 50,000 flyers sent to printers across the U.S. by using a tool to scour the Internet for unsecured printers, and described in a blog post, finding over a million vulnerable devices. In an interview with ''The Washington Times'', founder of ''The Daily Stormer'' | In incidents occurring in March and August 2016, Auernheimer sent flyers adorned with racist and anti-Semitic messages to thousands of unsecured printers across the United States; flyers bearing swastikas and promoting ''The Daily Stormer'' were sent to multiple universities. He claimed responsibility for 50,000 flyers sent to printers across the U.S. by using a tool to scour the Internet for unsecured printers, and described in a blog post, finding over a million vulnerable devices. In an interview with ''The Washington Times'', founder of ''The Daily Stormer'' Andrew Anglin gave his approval of Auernheimer's actions concerning unsecured printers. | ||
In the second unsolicited flyer printing incident in August 2016, Auernheimer called for violence against individuals he considered non-white: "the hordes of our enemies from the blacks to the Jews to the federal agents are deserving of fates of violence so extreme that there is no limit to the acts by which can be done upon them in defense of the white race." He "unequivocally" supported the killing of children. | In the second unsolicited flyer printing incident in August 2016, Auernheimer called for violence against individuals he considered non-white: "the hordes of our enemies from the blacks to the Jews to the federal agents are deserving of fates of violence so extreme that there is no limit to the acts by which can be done upon them in defense of the white race." He "unequivocally" supported the killing of children. | ||
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In 2017, Auernheimer was reported to be working as the webmaster for ''The Daily Stormer''. An SPLC analyst described Auernheimer and Anglin as "primary innovators" in the use of online trolling by right-wing extremists. | In 2017, Auernheimer was reported to be working as the webmaster for ''The Daily Stormer''. An SPLC analyst described Auernheimer and Anglin as "primary innovators" in the use of online trolling by right-wing extremists. | ||
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