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Ex-Ravens and Michigan assistant charged with accessing thousands of college athletes’ ‘intimate digital photographs and videos’

Matt Weiss was at Michigan for two seasons before he was fired in January of 2023. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Matt Weiss was at Michigan for two seasons before he was fired in January of 2023. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Former Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss is facing over 20 federal charges for allegedly hacking into the accounts of thousands of college athletes and students across the country to access their “personal, intimate digital photographs and videos” while he was employed by the school.

Weiss was fired in January of 2023 for alleged computer access crimes and the FBI was confirmed to be involved in an investigation into the allegations in October of that year. Thursday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced that Weiss had been charged with 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft.

Before working at Michigan under former coach Jim Harbaugh for two seasons, Weiss worked for the Baltimore Ravens…

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