AT&T Hacker ‘Weev’ Parties and Tweets as Case Still Looms

Andrew Auernheimer, known online as “weev,” partied with journalists and sent dozens of tweets this weekend as he enjoyed his release from prison after an appeals court overturned his conviction for hacking AT&T Inc.

Auernheimer was let go late on April 11 from the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex in Pennsylvania, after a three-judge panel ruled his Newark, New Jersey, trial was held in the wrong state. Now, he wants the U.S. Justice Department to throw out an indictment charging him with identity fraud and conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.