Aubrey Cottle, a Canadian national, has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for unlawfully accessing the Texas Republican Party's data and distributing it online. Following his arrest in Canada, the Justice Department outlined allegations that Cottle hacked into a web hosting service, defaced the site, and downloaded personal identifying information from the Texas GOP’s web server in 2021. Cooperation between U.S. and Canadian authorities, including agencies like the FBI and Ontario Provincial Police, has been crucial in this case, which could result in a five-year prison sentence if Cottle is convicted.
Cottle allegedly gained unauthorized access to a third-party hosting company's computer system to deface and download a backup of Texas Republican Party's web server.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
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