AT&T hacker's home raided, drugs found, dude detained (update)
By Vlad Savov 
posted June 16th 2010 6:34AM
posted June 16th 2010 6:34AM
Man, one day you have the whole world's ear to talk about slack network security, and the next you're in the joint. Andrew Auernheimer, Goatse Security's hacker-in-chief and a key player in the unearthing of a major security flaw exposing iPads surfing AT&T's airwaves, is today facing felony charges for possession of a variety of potent drugs. That wouldn't be such intriguing news by itself, but the discovery was made by local law enforcers who were in the process of executing an FBI search warrant. Hey, wasn't the FBI going to look into this security breach? Yes indeedy. Update: Before y'all get in an uproar about "white hacker this" and "Police State that," let's keep in mind that this Andrew Auernheimer character (a.k.a. "Weev") is one unsavory dude (not to mention a raving anti-Semite): check out this New York Times piece on Internet Trolls if you don't believe us. After all, it's not really a stretch that law enforcement might be after someone who's in possession of ecstasy, cocaine, LSD, and various other pharmaceuticals.
Beard!
@BubblegumBalloon
It's where he kept his stash.
Guy totally looks like a viking.
@Level 5
Reminds me of an Australian comedian, the name escapes me
@BubblegumBalloon
Beard! Red, Beard!
What happened to the good old days when all hackers needed to keep going was a Big Gulp full of Mountain Dew and a box of Twinkies?
@BubblegumBalloon
STICK IT TO THE MAN DUDE.
@BubblegumBalloon
Looks like Reggie Fils-Aime with a beard.
@Dr Lisbon
This guy is this month's EPIC BEARD MAN.
@BubblegumBalloon
Framed!
@CaryHiroyuki Tagawa
Ah, first the raid on Gizmondo and now this...rofl
@CaryHiroyuki Tagawa
I'm sure apple paid well to get this PR issue "reprioritized". Just another apple goon squad operation, nothing to see here.
do you really think Apple has every PD on the payroll?
Apple is a tech company, not the freakin Mafia.
@BubblegumBalloon
His beard is weird.
@sweet greggo Jolt!
@sweet greggo Dunno about the Twinkies, but ever since Red Bull came around, everyone's been looking to up the ante...
...to the point that listening to techno and tripping balls while your heart pounds a mile a minute is the norm xD
@Nzad
Well after serving his term in jail atleast he will be able to stand up to the Goatse name. Cause he's gonna be the new dude's photo on that site.
@BubblegumBalloon
Taking LSD was "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life" - Steve Jobs
Dude was unlucky to get caught.
@BubblegumBalloon :
Rule 1: If you f'ck with Apple make sure you hide your drugs. :)
@Darkroom Cocaine, ecstasy, LSD.
@Nzad Everyone knows that Mountain Dew is a gateway drug for LSD.
@BubblegumBalloon nice.. mines longer tho =)
@Level 5
Oh boy! iPad hacking! Thats where i'm a viking!
@BigJayDogg3 "Apple is a tech company, not the freakin Mafia."
How can you be so sure? Do you work for Apple?
@BubblegumBalloon: Reminds me of Jon Lajoie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S0g8pG6HU
So much butthurt.
Are you jewish?
@BubblegumBalloon
Forget the beard, where am I gonna get my drugs now?
@BubblegumBalloon
Pube for beard is the new trend.
@BubblegumBalloon
Sleep tight with bubba, Weev.
@The Quote Train
Tim Minchin?
@MacMan Carlito wants his pot back. Also the phrase is "whitehat" Engadget.
sh!t just got real now
@Wiggy Fuzz
I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover BUT...
@Tuan X But this "drugie" (my word choice) outclassed a bunch of "suits" my word. Perhaps, even if a slight menace to society who partially proved two of the dichotomies about drugies false. Junkies do crimes to serve their junkie habbit. And Junkies have nothing to offer society (such as exposing the ignorance of complacent people in this case).
Yes, I am against what he did, but *if* he isn't actually holding anything terrible then why can't you pony up some charges on him that relate to the crime you investigate?
@juanvaldez I guess they found "Waldo".
@Wiggy Fuzz No, it ain't. They just put a face to their fault so the media will finally shut up.
Drugs found? Oh, c'mon...
I never would've guessed it was Richard Stallman all this time!
@omf I lol'd
@omf
I guess he's the c-e-oh no he didn't?
@omf
Stallman Man of Steel, Great Ruler of Freetardia
@omf reminds me more of Joaquin Phoenix on that weird Late Night with Letterman appearance...
Probably had a mj baggie and a couple x-pills for personal consumption. Dunno what their big problem is admitting that they only went after him because he exposed a security whole in a major corporation's product.
@Ducman69 finally someone seeing behind the lines...
@Ducman69
What got them into trouble was making Apple look bad. It seems to have become Apples default tactic to have the police bust down people's doors now. 1984 won't be like 1984 indeed, seems they want 2010 to be like 1984.
@charliehorse You mean AT&T. It's made them look bad (worse). It was AT&T's flaw, not Apple's. The hack probably exposed the emails on several other devices, but much like the Foxxconn factory suicides, no other company gets mentioned except for Apple.
@Motlee Didn't you know? If Apple is any way involved it's their fault.
@Ducman69 Could it have been a security half? Does it have to be whole?
@Motlee The bug was in Safari, not AT&T. However, I don't have many good feelings for AT&T now that you mention them.
He needs a shower...
fire beard better lawyer up