PITTSBURGH — An Ohio man has pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate in Pittsburgh who arraigned him on a charge of conspiracy for allegedly claiming to be part of the computer hacking group "Anonymous" and posting a YouTube threat to release confidential computer information belonging to the University of Pittsburgh.
Alexander Waterland, 24, of Loveland, Ohio, appeared in court Tuesday.
Federal authorities said Waterland and another Ohio man, who is scheduled to surrender next month, posted the threats in April and May.
Pitt officials said their computer information was never hacked. The threats claimed it was and that it would be publicized unless Chancellor Mark Nordenberg apologized for not safeguarding students from dozens of bomb threats that plagued the campus from February through April.
The Ohio men aren't charged in the bomb threats.
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