Episode 20 - weev. Trolling for the Lulz

Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer aka weev hacked Michael Bloomberg and Diane Sawyer as part of the hacker group Goatse Security. As a self-proclaimed "troll", he toyed with LGBTQ authors on Amazon and published his far-right views all over the Internet.

Created, Hosted & Produced by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by David Burgis

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Greg Bernhard

Theme Song You Are Digital by Computerbandit

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https://www.4029tv.com/article/ipad-hacker-arrested-in-fayetteville-on-drug-charges/4937887#

• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/auernheimer-aka-weev-sentenced-to-41-months-for-attipad-hack/

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/06/ipad-3g-user-e-mail-addresses-leaked-by-att-servers/

• https://www.computerworld.com/article/2519140/ipad-hacker-arrested-on-multiple-drug-charges-after-fbi-search.html

• https://www.engadget.com/2014-04-11-weev-verdict-reversed.html

• https://www.fohnfuneralhome.com/obituary/elsie-marie-auernheimer

• https://www.forbes.com/2009/04/13/amazon-gay-outrage-weev-technology-internet-amazon.html?sh=3af3a42d2cb4

• https://www.gawker.com/5962159/the-internets-best-terrible-person-goes-to-jail-can-a-reviled-master-troll-become-a-geek-hero

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/neo-nazi-daily-stormer-troll-jewish-descent-antisemitic-andrew-auernheimer-weev-a8140946.html

• https://medium.com/matter/the-martyrdom-of-weev-9e72da8a133d

• https://www.newsweek.com/neo-nazi-andrew-weev-auernheimer-daily-stormer-jewish-descent-768805

• https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html 

• https://peoplepill.com/people/weev

• https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/andrew-%E2%80%9Cweev%E2%80%9D-auernheimer

• https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/12/09/how-cryptocurrency-revolutionized-white-supremacist-movement

• https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/15/weev-talks-about-life-in-prison-and-his-plans-to-open-a-hedge-fund-tro-llc/

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/the-making-of-an-american-nazi/544119/

• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/who-is-weev/553295/

• https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindness-weev-and-the-cult-of-the-angry-young-man

• https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/18/4118484/andrew-weev-auernheimer-sentenced-att-ipad-hack

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/xywyza/i-drove-weev-home-from-prison

• https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/20/3673754/att-ipad-hack-email-auernheimer-iccid-goatse

• https://www.wired.com/2014/04/att-hacker-conviction-vacated/

• https://www.wired.com/tag/weev/

• https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/weev-white-nationalist-he-still-shouldnt-have-gone-jail