Coach's hack of student-athlete personal photos has potential victims in NC
FIELD. AS WE LEARN MORE, WE'LL
LET YOU KNOW.
>> NOT EVERYONE IS OKAY.
THANK YOU, BRIAN. THIS NEW
LAWSUIT CLAIMS FORMER STUDENT
ATHLETES AND NORTH CAROLINA
HAD THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
HACKED AND ACCUSES A COACH OF
BEING BEHIND IT. ALL THE SUIT
CLAIMS PRIVATE INFORMATION,
INCLUDING INTIMATE PHOTOS AND
VIDEOS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
WRAL INVESTIGATES WENT THROUGH
THE SUIT PAGE BY PAGE. WE ARE
ASKING HOW THIS COULD HAVE
HAPPENED AND HOW MANY STUDENTS
COULD HAVE BEEN HACKED. WRAL
INVESTIGATES KEELY. ARTHUR IS
LIVE NOW IN CHILE. THIS SUIT
SAYS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY COULD BE
VICTIMS.
>> DEBORAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS A NATIONAL SITUATION
WITH SOME DISTURBING LOCAL
TIES. SO WE HAVE THE U.S.
ATTORNEYS WHO SPOKE WITH US
AND SAY THEY NOW HAVE REASON
TO BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS FROM
SHAW AND WAKE TECH MAY BE
VICTIMS OF THIS. THEY HAVE
ASKED THOSE SCHOOLS TO PRESERVE
CERTAIN RECORDS. MEANWHILE,
2 STUDENTS FROM HIGH POINT
UNIVERSITY TODAY SAY THEY
CERTAINLY ARE VICTIMS OF THIS.
THEY FILED SUIT AND THEY ALSO
SAY THEIR UNIVERSITY FOUND
THEM.
>> NOT A WISE. A FORMER
BALTIMORE RAVENS AND UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN ASSISTANT FOOTBALL
COACH. HE'S ACCUSED OF HACKING
INTO THE ACCOUNTS OF
150,000 PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR
INTIMATE PHOTOS AND VIDEO.
AND THIS IS A
ASSAULT.
>> WE ARE CALLING THIS A
DIGITAL FORM OF ASSAULT OF A
CYBER FORMAL ASSAULT. MEGAN
BULL NANI AND LISA AS HER
WEIDENFELLER SAY THEIR CLIENTS
FROM HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY.
>> RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYING
THEIR PRIVATE INFORMATION HAD
BEEN EXPOSED. THERE ISN'T AN
OVERARCHING FEELING OF THE
TRAIL THAT THESE VICTIMS HAVE
COMMUNICATED TO US THAT THEY
FEEL FROM THERE. A UNIVERSITY.
FROM THEIR COLLEGE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO KEEP THEIR
INFORMATION SAFE.
AND THEY FAILED IN THAT.
WE REACHED OUT TO HIGH POINT
UNIVERSITY. THEY HAVE YET TO
RESPOND. ACCORDING TO THE
LAWSUIT FROM 2015, THROUGH 2023
WEISS IS ACCUSED OF GETTING
INTO AN ATHLETIC TRAINING
SYSTEM USED BY COLLEGES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO STORE
INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENT
ATHLETES. HE'S ACCUSED OF
DOWNLOADING ATHLETE'S PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND USING THAT
INFORMATION TO HACK INTO THEIR
SOCIAL MEDIA EMAIL AND ICLOUD
ACCOUNTS. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SO
STUNNING FOR US IS THAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM STUDENTS FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY. THERE'S
CONCERN THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
THEIR VICTIMS AND ARE
DISREGARDING THESE LETTERS
BEING SENT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE. SO WHEN THEY'RE
GETTING THESE EMAILS, THEY
THINK I DON'T KNOW, DISMISS
MR. WEISS, IS THIS A SCAM?
IT ASKED THEM TO CLICK ON LINKS
IN THE EMAIL AND WE'RE ALL
ENCOURAGED NOT TO CLICK ON
LINKS. YOU KNOW.
>> A BUYER EMPLOYERS. SO
THEY'VE DISREGARDED IT.
>> SO WHY SAYS ATTORNEY AS WELL
AS THE COMPANY BEHIND THAT
ATHLETIC TRAINING SYSTEM DID
NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR
COMMENT. MEANWHILE, WAKE TECH
SAYS THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THIS
SHOW UNIVERSITY. ALSO NOT
RESPONDING TO US, BUT WE KNOW
THIS IS AN ONGOING AND
CERTAINLY DISTURBINGLY
DEVELOPING SITUATION. WE WILL
UPDATE YOU AS WE LEARN MORE