Swiss Hacker’s Indictment Spotlights Ethics of Activist Attacks

The indictment of a 21-year-old Swiss hacker who claimed credit score for exposing the issues in a surveillance digital camera firm’s system is more likely to stir debate about whether or not assaults by activists for social or political causes are prison habits.

Tillie Kottmann, who makes use of they/them pronouns, was indicted Thursday in Seattle and charged with crimes together with wire fraud and id theft. Kottmann made headlines final week once they claimed credit score for getting access to the 150,000 safety cameras bought by San Mateo, California-based Verkada Inc. Whereas the costs don’t contain the Verkada incident, Kottmann beforehand stated they hacked Nissan Motor Co., and…