Maia arson crimew
Swiss hacker (born 1999)
Maia arson crimew (previously known as Tillie Kottmann; born August 7, 1999) is a Swiss developer, hacktivist, and anarchist. Crimew is known for leaking source code and other data from companies such as Intel and Nissan, and for discovering a 2019 copy of the United States government's No Fly List on an unsecured cloud server owned by CommuteAir. Crimew was also part of a group that hacked into Verkada in March 2021 and accessed more than 150,000 cameras. She is the founding developer of the Lawnchair application launcher for Android.
In March 2021, crimew was indicted by a grand jury in the United States on criminal charges related to her alleged hacking activity between 2019 and 2021. The charges were unrelated to the hack of Verkada. Swiss police raided her home and her parents' home at the request of US authorities, and her electronic devices were seized. After the raid, people used the hashtag "#freetillie" to express support for her, and the Swiss magazine Republik compared her to Jeremy Hammond and Aaron Swartz.
Early life
Crimew was born on August 7, 1999, in the Bruch district of Lucerne in the German-speaking region of Switzerland. As a teenager, she worked in information technology.
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