Former Michigan assistant coach charged with hacking computer accounts for athlete’s intimate photos

DETROIT(AP)—FormerNFLandUniversityofMichiganassistantfootballcoachMattWeisshackedintothecomputeraccountsofthousandsofcollegeathletesseekingintimatephotosandvideos,accordingtoanindictmentfiledThursday. Weiss,whoworkedfortheBaltimoreRavensbeforejoiningMichigan’sstaffin2021,waschargedwith14countsofunauthorizedcomputeraccessand10countsofidentitytheft. TheindictmentwasfiledinfederalcourtinDetroit. Weisswasfiredin2023asMichigan’sco-offensivecoordinatorafterfailingtocooperatewiththeschool’sinvestigationofhisaccesstocomputers. Phoneandemailmessagesseekingcommentfromhisattorney,DougMullkoff,werenotimmediatelyreturnedThursday. From2015to2023,Weissgainedaccesstothedatabasesofmorethan100collegesanduniversitiesthatweremaintainedbyathird-partyvendor,KefferDevelopmentServices,andthendownloadedpersonalinformationandmedicaldataofmorethan150,000athletes,theindictmentstates. The14-pagedocument