[jaythvv]

Probably the most egregious example would be Weev/Andew Auernheimer and AT&T

https://www.wired.com/2013/03/att-hacker-gets-3-years/ https://www.wired.com/2014/04/att-hacker-conviction-vacated/

[meritt]

weev attempted to extort and blackmail AT&T. To paint him as an innocent well-intentioned security research is a slap in the face to everyone who is.

Charging him under the CFAA was a ridiculous abuse of that law