Per Josh Henschke, the Feds are NOT involved in the Weiss investigation. DPS reports offer some clues.
This would seem to rule out certain crimes that can only be prosecuted under federal law.
Can confirm the Matt Weiss situation is NOT federal, which rules out some of the nefarious (and unfair) speculation out there.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) January 18, 2023
I don’t know much more other than what it’s not.
There's also a UofM DPS report (DPS reports are public record) about an employee reporting that someone at Schembechler Hall gained unauthorized access to a UMich email account.
Public records show ‘fraudulent activity’ regarding emails reported at Schembechler Hall.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) January 18, 2023
STORY: https://t.co/HxZq4Bsf8v https://t.co/UGTG79WmSf
January 18th, 2023 at 7:05 AM ^
Sorry, but Weiss' most heinous crime was not running JJ in the first half against TCU. He could otherwise steal babies and pose as a doctor and do surgeries and I wouldn't bat an eyelash compared to his playcalling transgressions.
January 18th, 2023 at 8:23 AM ^
It means we're going to be getting a new co-offensive coordinator. No way this ends well for him.
January 18th, 2023 at 8:47 AM ^
Is this where we ask/hope/pray for someone competent in the passing side of offense?
January 18th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
What I fail to believe, at this moment, is that Weiss could be smart enough to hack into an encrypted email system but not smart enough to run JJ against TCU.
FFS
January 18th, 2023 at 9:03 AM ^
DPSS report says "An employee reported fraudulent activity involving someone accessing university emails accounts without authorization. Upon further investigation, It was found that a crime may have been committed."
It's possible the DPSS report is entirely unrelated to Matt Weiss.
It's also possible it is related to Matt Weiss.
If I had to guess, some kind of gross stalking situation. However, I'll shoot the moon and bet $10 it's "Jim Harbaugh to NFL rumors were fake, based on an elaborate sting operation involving fake, planted e-mails that appeared to be from NFL teams, to suss out who has been accessing Jim's e-mail account. Matt Weiss apparently correctly guessed that Jim's e-mail password is 'milksteak'."
January 18th, 2023 at 12:18 AM ^
Whoever was using his computer did so in order to access someone else’s email account.
The only way they could gain access is if they knew the victim’s level two password and duo information.
This is very odd.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:22 AM ^
Could it be someone just left their computer unlocked? Not sure what the policy is at UM, but at my company, corporate desktops and laptops auto lock after 15 minutes. That would give someone a little time to snoop if an employee stepped away without locking.
January 18th, 2023 at 7:53 AM ^
Such a joy when someone leaves their social account open as well, so you can share on their behalf. Usually about their latest 💩 (always a healthy one.)
January 18th, 2023 at 8:41 AM ^
Username checks out.
January 18th, 2023 at 7:14 AM ^
True. They have been very good at duo these last couple years.
January 18th, 2023 at 8:01 AM ^
Duo has a checkbox....
"Remember me for 7 days"
January 18th, 2023 at 8:01 AM ^
I fucking hate two factor authentication. I don't care if it's more secure.
January 18th, 2023 at 10:30 AM ^
Lots of people do. MFA fatigue is a real thing. Especially if one works in gov't, healthcare, or a bank -- where their IT and security departments are commonly staffed by fucking morons.
Ping identity has a product now called PingOne Risk that learns your behaviors and over time can determine what is or is not an authorized access attempt.
After some time, a user really doesn't get prompted to swipe, tap, or enter a code any more.
And since MFA is still enabled, behind the scenes, one still has the security against password attacks that MFA provides.
January 18th, 2023 at 8:35 AM ^
The most positive spin is that someone else was using his computer during that time period.
I worked at a hospital in the IT division, then took a position in a different department. A month later, I stopped by to visit the Help Desk staff to shoot the breeze and one of them said, "Hey, you have some interesting porn on your work computer." Naturally, I played dumb while trying to think of how porn got on my old computer. One of the techs pulled up my hard drive (which they download in case you realized you saved something you needed directly to the computer), and started reading off the names to the various sites. Then he said, oh, looks like the time stamps are from 2 am after you had already left the department.
Moral of the story, become good friends with your IT department.
January 18th, 2023 at 11:08 AM ^
Lol I do admire your honesty on this
January 18th, 2023 at 8:46 AM ^
Maybe it was a co-computer and someone wanted to know what job offers someone else was possibly getting?
January 18th, 2023 at 12:21 AM ^
Sounds like he or someone was getting into other peoples emails. Weird shit.
January 18th, 2023 at 1:27 AM ^
If I may add to the speculation... The most reasonable explanation suggests this was simply a contemporary reenactment of Seinfeld S2E4 in which George leaves a long embarrassing message on a woman's answering machine*. Regretting the gaffe, he doubles down, leaving a series of increasingly unhinged messages in an attempt to correct his error until the situation becomes untenable and George resolves himself that he must break into her apartment to replace the tape before she returns home from vacation... Kinda weird that he would do this kind of roleplaying in his place of employment but football isn't like normal work.
*Archaic: A device for recording telephone messages on magnetic media common prior to the widespread use of email.
January 18th, 2023 at 2:16 AM ^
ha, dont turn down a date who invites you in for coffee
January 18th, 2023 at 8:04 AM ^
Then Matt Weiss' nephew discovered the crime, and decided to report him to teach him a lesson, figuring he'd just get a warning. Police surrounded Weiss' house, and the commander yelled 'Swarm, swarm' before charging inside and arresting him. As he was dragged off, Uncle Matt declared, "I'm old!"
January 18th, 2023 at 8:34 AM ^
It makes sense to steal batteries because they just wear out so fast.
January 18th, 2023 at 9:28 AM ^
If we steal them all now what will MSU fans have to throw at Us next fall in East Lansing.
January 18th, 2023 at 8:14 AM ^
Tippy toe! Tippy toe!
January 18th, 2023 at 8:40 AM ^
Love that episode. "That's the important thing you had to tell me. Your father wears sneakers in the pool!"
January 18th, 2023 at 12:24 AM ^
Must have hacked Warde’s email to try to ascertain what exactly it is he does around here?
January 18th, 2023 at 12:26 AM ^
Stealing office supplies? A keyboard perhaps.
Can't lie, been there, done that.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:30 AM ^
The cops aren't showing up at your house because you lifted a Swingline and a box of BiCs after your exit interview.
January 18th, 2023 at 5:33 AM ^
Yeah, but get caught with a couple of boxes of Avery 5160 Easy-Peel address labels for a big mailing project, and they never let you forget it. Basically, you're labeled for life.
I'll show myself out ...
January 18th, 2023 at 9:14 AM ^
They might if it’s a red swingline
January 18th, 2023 at 1:33 AM ^
Did you ever hear about the guy who burned down the entire office building because his boss took his red stapler and wouldn’t return it?
January 18th, 2023 at 8:03 AM ^
Don't mess with my Red Swingline. It's older than most of the MGoBloggers and works as well as it did when I bought it. Not one bit afraid to admit that I once went on a cube by cube search for it.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:32 AM ^
Does anyone know the law around this? Really curious what level of email break in would 1. Alert anyone that it had happened. 2. Rise to the level of a crime 3. Trigger a raid on his home
January 18th, 2023 at 1:32 AM ^
Potentially using email login details to try to alter something in the university system? Or, more nefariously, using login details to stalk a woman employed within the university? Hopefully nothing like that though.
January 18th, 2023 at 8:26 AM ^
Sec 5(a) of the state law im presuming is in play indicates that unauthorized access is a crime on its own; no further crime is needed for unauthorized access to be a crime.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:18 PM ^
That doesn't explain why they would raid his house. That doesn't happen to every suspected criminal
January 18th, 2023 at 10:49 PM ^
Where did you read that they raided anything? How do you know they didn't come over and knock and he voluntarily let them in. It happens.
January 18th, 2023 at 10:30 AM ^
I'm no lawyer, but use of the word "fraudulent" is interesting to me here. From what I know about the legal use of that word, it would mean that Weiss is suspected of:
- lying
- knowingly lying
- with intent to gain something, especially financially
Calling all MGoLawyers to add depth and accuracy.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:20 PM ^
Using someone else's credentials to access their accounts without their permission is considered "fraudulent access," since the purpose of the system is to authenticate their identity.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:36 AM ^
My WAG is that it’s a jealous lover situation.
Exams ended 12/19.
My bet is Schembechler Hall has a TON of personnel working there, but that most of them go home for break along w the rest of the university. Only the top staff & a skeleton crew of admin stay behind for bowl prep & logistics.
Maybe he was having an affair with one of the support/admin staffers & he’s the jealous type. People do crazy things when infatuated.
She leaves for break & leaves her work email open, he’s working late on bowl prep & takes the opportunity of the deserted office to peak at her email. Maybe he sends emails from her account to some other person, maybe he doesn’t.
Winter Term starts 1/4.
The lover returns from break & either independently discovers he was poking around in her email, or maybe he confronts her with info he got from her emails. Either way, a huge argument ensues. She gets royally pissed about the violation of privacy & decides to report it to campus safety.
Boom.
Again, just my WAG but the timeline & motivations would all fit the circumstances thus far.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:40 AM ^
this actually may not be that farfetched after Schliss-dog and his antics. Is weiss unmarried? does he have skills to actually hack?
January 18th, 2023 at 1:00 AM ^
Bio says married with 3 kids.
The Duo verification is throwing me off. How do you “hack” into a U-M account when you need a cell phone belonging to them to accept the Duo prompt?
That seems to suggest the U-M account was already logged in, like maybe someone’s iPad and he peeked at their emails?
January 18th, 2023 at 1:08 AM ^
If it is your wife or girlfriend, you may be able to replicate the app on your phone.
I have two phones (one personal and one work) and I have some soft token apps somewhat similar to dúo that are set up on both phones- both and spit out the same codes.
So it isn’t impossible.
January 18th, 2023 at 3:25 AM ^
Looking for a device with such a soft token app would seem to be a reason for authorities to search a home.
January 18th, 2023 at 10:18 AM ^
If you have two different devices spitting out the same codes, your app is broken.
January 18th, 2023 at 1:53 AM ^
Might not be the university account maybe a Gmail
January 18th, 2023 at 1:04 AM ^
This is actually what I was thinking when I saw the update around fraudulent e-mail activity.
Either Matt Weiss moonlights as a Nigerian prince (which should be unlikely given his salary) or the more likely cyberstalking of a woman (or man) he is in a relationship with (or just obsessed with).
I am putting my money on the latter.
January 18th, 2023 at 11:00 AM ^
This would explain why he didn't have time to prepare a decent game plan for TCU.
January 18th, 2023 at 12:48 AM ^
Wild Ass Guess
January 18th, 2023 at 5:45 AM ^
C'mon, around here we expect at least a SWAG (Scientific or in some circles Systematic Wild Ass Guess).
The Michigan difference.