AT&T hacker released on bail after drug arrest

From CNET News.com: A hacker involved in the disclosure of a security flaw in an AT&T iPad-related Web site was released from an Arkansas jail Thursday after posting a $3,160 bond on felony drug possession charges, authorities said.

Andrew Auernheimer, 24, was arrested Tuesday after officials searching his Fayetteville, Ark., home on an FBI search warrant said they found less than a gram of cocaine, one ecstasy pill, 19 tabs of LSD, and some Oxycodone. They also allegedly found a different pharmaceutical classified as schedule 3, which makes it a misdemeanor.

FBI officials would not say whether or not the search warrant was related to the AT&T case or indicate what prompted the search.

Auernheimer, who goes by the name "Escher" and the hacker handle "Weev," is a key member of a hacker group that publicly disclosed a security hole in an AT&T Web site for iPad owners last week that exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 users.

AT&T criticized the hackers for disclosing the flaw and vowed to help authorities investigate the matter, but an AT&T spokesman declined to comment when asked if the search warrant was related to the case.

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