Stephen Huntley Watt (born 1984) is an American

computer security Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and computer network, n ...

consultant and

hacker A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who achieves goals and solves problems by non-standard means. The term has become associated in popular culture with a security hackersomeone with knowledge of bug (computing), bugs or exp ...

, known for his involvement in the

TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. (abbreviated TJX) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Discount store, off-price department store corporation, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts. It was formed as a subsidiary of Zayre, Zayre ...

data breach. After his release from federal prison, he was involved in some security projects, such as the Subgraph OS in 2017. On August 8, 2014, he and

Ladar Levison Lavabit is an Open-source software, open-source Encryption, encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013, after the Federal government of the United States, U.S. Federal Government ordered it ...

presented the

Dark Internet Mail Environment The Dark Mail Alliance is an organization dedicated to creating an email protocol and architecture with end-to-end encryption. In October 2013, Silent Circle and Lavabit announced a project to create a more secure alternative to email and began a ...

(DIME) protocol at

DEF CON DEF CON (also written as DEFCON, Defcon, or DC) is a Computer security conference, hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include comp ...

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External links

* https://www.wired.com/2009/06/watt/ * http://www.cgisecurity.com/2009/06/stephen-wattjimjonesunix-terrorist-to-be-sentenced-monday.html
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* https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/02/12/what-it-s-like-to-be-a-hacker-in-prison * http://news.softpedia.com/news/Programmer-Accused-of-Assisting-Hackers-in-the-T-J-Maxx-Hit-97139.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Watt, Stephen Huntley 1984 births American cybercriminals Living people Place of birth missing (living people)