DETROIT, Mich. (WILX) – University of Michigan Co-offensive Coordinator Matthew Weiss faces 24 federal charges after The Department of Justice says he accessed private data from rival college athletes and other students.
The 42-year-old from Ann Arbor is accused of accessing a student-athlete database maintained by a third-party vendor. The database includes over 100 colleges and universities.
Former University of Michigan Co-offensive Coordinator Matthew Weiss(University of Michigan Athletics)
Weiss is accused of downloading the personal information and medical data of 150,000 athletes from 2015 to 2023. The Department of Justice says he then used this data to access the social media, storage, and email accounts of over 2,000 athletes and 1,300 other students and alumni.
Officials say Weiss used this information to gain access to intimate photographs that were never meant to be shared.
Weiss faces 10 counts of aggravated identity theft and 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers.
“Our office will move aggressively to prosecute computer hacking to protect the private accounts of our citizens,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Julie Beck. “We stand ready with our law enforcement partners to bring those illegally who invade the privacy of others to justice.”
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