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Andrew Auernheimer Case Summary

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United States v. Andrew Auernheimer (Apr 11, 2014)

Back when Apple first unveiled the iPad, consumers who purchased the iPad with cellular/3G data capabilities were required to purchase a contract with AT&T and register their accounts online using an AT&T website. The registration process assigned the customer’s email address as their user ID. AT&T, in an attempt to simplify the login process for return users, programmed the website to autofill the customer’s user ID (email address) based on a unique identifier programmed into the SIM card of the user’s new iPad. When the website detected this unique identifier, only associated with an iPad, it would populate the user ID field accordingly.

Andrew Auernheimer, a.k.a “Weev”, discovered a flaw in the website’s programming that allowed him to …show more content…

Christopher Correa, 2016

Christopher Correa was the Director of Baseball Development for the St. Louis Cardinals MLB team from 2009 through 2015. He was responsible for providing analytical support to the various aspects of the Cardinals’ baseball organization. In 2016, he was charged with five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer, a violation of the CFAA. Correa had admitted to accessing confidential or proprietary information belonging to the Houston Astros baseball organization to give the Cardinals’ organization a strategic advantage when competing against the Astros.

Correa admitted that during a period of time from 2013 through 2014, he had accessed a proprietary database, called Ground Control. This database was used by Astros to store data such as player statistics, contract details, scouting reports, and other analysis which was used to discover any advantages or vulnerabilities in their gameplay that may have gone unnoticed by competitors. Correa had illegally obtained the login information of an Astros employee and used that information to access the Ground Control database. [3]

United States v. Robert E. Steele,

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