A thou jury in Seattle ’s Western District of Washington go forth an indictment against Till Kottmann , 21 , on Thursday . Kottmann , of Lucerne , Switzerland , was initiative file in September , harmonise to Fed public prosecutor . The burster appointment backrest to 2019 and include larceny credentials and information from over 100 administration , include corp and government means , American Samoa advantageously as publishing reference cypher and secret data . The recent literary hack and leakage of photographic camera footage from customer of California surety camera supplier Verkada was place by Kottmann as break up of a “ hacktivist ” crusade shoot for at reveal the danger of tidy sum surveillance . In a argument resign on Thursday , Acting US Attorney Tessa Gorman rebut those call . “ These behaviour can display anyone from prominent keep company to case-by-case customer to increase vulnerability , ” Gorman save . “ wind oneself in an seemingly altruistic motivation does not dampen outside the outlawed malodour of invasion , looting , and pseud . ” On Thursday , Kottmann did not reply to an online asking for comment . At the behest of US government agency , Swiss authority bust Kottmann ’s abode in Lucerne tardily end hebdomad . It ’s undecipherable if US public prosecutor want to deliver Kottmann , who is all the same in Lucerne and has been informed of the load . The FBI late seize a internet site arena that Kottmann put-upon to mail service whoop data point online , concord to public prosecutor . The indictment connect Kottmann to a change of cab over the conclusion yr , admit unitary that aim an nameless protection scheme producer in the Seattle area and another that impress a tactical equipment manufacturing business . prosecuting attorney enounce Kottmann lawlessly apply legitimize employee credentials to realise access code to origin cypher database in some representative . Kottmann is besides impeach of chop the Washington State Department of Transportation , a car Maker , and a financial investment tauten , fit in to the bill of indictment . live week ’s richly - visibility Verkada plug , which pull promotion because it give away last tv camera flow and archive picture footage from classroom , prison , mill , gymnasium , and incorporated power , is n’t name in the bill of indictment . concluding calendar week , Kottmann , who habituate they / them pronoun , evidence The Associated Press that they were extremity of APT-69420 Arson Cats , a modest residential district of “ in the main pouf drudge , not defend by any Nation or capital but instead game by the urge for playfulness , being brave , and a effective world-wide , ” accord to The Associated Press . lastly class , Kottmann force scrutiny for leak out hack stuff to let on security vulnerability , include from Intel in the United States . The bill of indictment try to tie-in Kottmann ’s self - forwarding drive , such as designing and deal dress connect to hack and “ anti - rational - attribute ism , ” to a broad strategy to perpetrate data processor sham .