Stephen Huntley Watt Explained
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| Criminal Penalty: | 2010: 2 years in federal prison[1] |
| Alias: | The UNIX Terrorist, JimJones, Stephers Wattson |
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]
External links
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Hacker Sentenced For Providing Data Theft Tool in National Identity Theft Case . justice.gov . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613162729/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ccips/legacy/2012/03/15/wattSent.pdf . June 13, 2013 .
- Web site: 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 .
- Web site: We are happy to announce that Stephen Watt (@uT_Infection) has joined the @Subgraph OS development team..
- Web site: DEF CON 22 - Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt - Dark Mail. Youtube.
