US EditionFootage shows ex-Michigan coach Matt Weiss during hacking attempts, feds say
Federal affidavit details Weiss's alleged hacking of over 3,000 University of Michigan student-athletes' accounts to steal private images, mostly targeting female athletes.
- Federal prosecutors unsealed an FBI search warrant affidavit on Dec. 19 with about a dozen photos showing Matt Weiss, former University of Michigan assistant coach, entering Schembechler Hall seconds before alleged hacks.
- UM information-technology workers found that passwords for 46 alumni email accounts were reset, prompting the probe into intrusions exploiting a flaw in the University of Michigan self-service account recovery app.
- Surveillance footage on Dec. 21, 2022 shows Weiss entering his office at 10:09 a.m., and investigators say nine alumni account passwords were reset from Weiss's office computer between 10:33 a.m. and 12:55 p.m.
- In court filings, prosecutors say Weiss faces federal charges and penalties if convicted, while his attorney David Benowitz seeks to suppress evidence amid civil lawsuits by over 90 plaintiffs.
- The FBI obtained an independent federal warrant supported by an affidavit that did not rely on state device warrants, and the sealed federal search warrant remains in court even as parts of the affidavit were released.
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U-M security cam shows Matt Weiss at time of computer hacking, FBI says
University of Michigan surveillance footage shows former co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss entering three team offices seconds before investigators say he hacked into the personal accounts of college athletes and eventually stole intimate photographs and videos, a sealed FBI search warrant affidavit shows. The affidavit, filed late Friday in federal court, includes a dozen photos of Weiss, offering the first look at what prosecutors have portr…
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Michigan security cam shows Matt Weiss at time of computer hacking, FBI says
DETROIT — University of Michigan surveillance footage showed former co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss entering three team offices seconds before investigators say he hacked into the personal accounts of college athletes and eventually stole intimate photographs and videos, a sealed FBI…
Footage shows ex-Michigan coach Matt Weiss during hacking attempts, feds say
Weiss was indicted by a grand jury in March 2025 as part of a high-profile criminal case in which federal officials accuse the former football coach of hacking into databases housing personal information and medical data for thousands of student athletes from 2015 to 2023.
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