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Former University of Michigan football coach indicted for hacking accounts, downloading ‘intimate’ photos

In Education Sector, Data Breach News
March 21, 2025

ABC News reports:

The former co-offensive coordinator for the University of Michigan’s football team has been charged with hacking into thousands of athlete and alumni accounts and downloading private data, including “intimate” photos, over an eight-year span, according to federal investigators.

Matthew Weiss, 42, who was also the team’s quarterbacks coach, allegedly gained unauthorized access to a student-athlete database of over 100 colleges and universities, and downloaded the personally identifiable information and medical data of over 150,000 athletes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Read more at ABC News.