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Michelle Mackonochie - familiar to WRAL viewers after five years as part of the morning news team - will anchor the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts with Dan Haggerty, and the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Gerald Owens. 

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Former student-athletes from North Carolina are suing a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant coach accused of orchestrating a massive cyber hack. Matthew Weiss faces 24 federal charges for allegedly stealing intimate photos and videos from student accounts nationwide.

FIELD. AS WE LEARN MORE, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. >> NOT EVERYONE IS OKAY. THANK YOU, BRIAN. THIS NEW LAWSUIT CLAIMS FORMER STUDENT ATHLETES AND NORTH CAROLINA HAD THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS HACKED AND ACCUSES A COACH OF BEING BEHIND IT. ALL THE SUIT CLAIMS PRIVATE INFORMATION, INCLUDING INTIMATE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. WRAL INVESTIGATES WENT THROUGH THE SUIT PAGE BY PAGE. WE ARE ASKING HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND HOW MANY STUDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN HACKED. WRAL INVESTIGATES KEELY. ARTHUR IS LIVE NOW IN CHILE. THIS SUIT SAYS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COULD BE VICTIMS. >> DEBORAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS A NATIONAL SITUATION WITH SOME DISTURBING LOCAL TIES. SO WE HAVE THE U.S. ATTORNEYS WHO SPOKE WITH US AND SAY THEY NOW HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS FROM SHAW AND WAKE TECH MAY BE VICTIMS OF THIS. THEY HAVE ASKED THOSE SCHOOLS TO PRESERVE CERTAIN RECORDS. MEANWHILE, 2 STUDENTS FROM HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY TODAY SAY THEY CERTAINLY ARE VICTIMS OF THIS. THEY FILED SUIT AND THEY ALSO SAY THEIR UNIVERSITY FOUND THEM. >> NOT A WISE. A FORMER BALTIMORE RAVENS AND UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH. HE'S ACCUSED OF HACKING INTO THE ACCOUNTS OF 150,000 PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR INTIMATE PHOTOS AND VIDEO. AND THIS IS A ASSAULT. >> WE ARE CALLING THIS A DIGITAL FORM OF ASSAULT OF A CYBER FORMAL ASSAULT. MEGAN BULL NANI AND LISA AS HER WEIDENFELLER SAY THEIR CLIENTS FROM HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY. >> RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYING THEIR PRIVATE INFORMATION HAD BEEN EXPOSED. THERE ISN'T AN OVERARCHING FEELING OF THE TRAIL THAT THESE VICTIMS HAVE COMMUNICATED TO US THAT THEY FEEL FROM THERE. A UNIVERSITY. FROM THEIR COLLEGE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THEIR INFORMATION SAFE. AND THEY FAILED IN THAT. WE REACHED OUT TO HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY. THEY HAVE YET TO RESPOND. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT FROM 2015, THROUGH 2023 WEISS IS ACCUSED OF GETTING INTO AN ATHLETIC TRAINING SYSTEM USED BY COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO STORE INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENT ATHLETES. HE'S ACCUSED OF DOWNLOADING ATHLETE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION AND USING THAT INFORMATION TO HACK INTO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA EMAIL AND ICLOUD ACCOUNTS. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SO STUNNING FOR US IS THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THERE'S CONCERN THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR VICTIMS AND ARE DISREGARDING THESE LETTERS BEING SENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. SO WHEN THEY'RE GETTING THESE EMAILS, THEY THINK I DON'T KNOW, DISMISS MR. WEISS, IS THIS A SCAM? IT ASKED THEM TO CLICK ON LINKS IN THE EMAIL AND WE'RE ALL ENCOURAGED NOT TO CLICK ON LINKS. YOU KNOW. >> A BUYER EMPLOYERS. SO THEY'VE DISREGARDED IT. >> SO WHY SAYS ATTORNEY AS WELL AS THE COMPANY BEHIND THAT ATHLETIC TRAINING SYSTEM DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT. MEANWHILE, WAKE TECH SAYS THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THIS SHOW UNIVERSITY. ALSO NOT RESPONDING TO US, BUT WE KNOW THIS IS AN ONGOING AND CERTAINLY DISTURBINGLY DEVELOPING SITUATION. WE WILL UPDATE YOU AS WE LEARN MORE

Coach's hack of student-athlete personal photos has potential victims in NC

Former student-athletes from North Carolina are suing a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant coach accused of orchestrating a massive cyber hack. Matthew Weiss faces 24 federal charges for allegedly stealing intimate photos and videos from student accounts nationwide.


NC college students say they're victims of coach's massive cyber hack

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Zaxby's has uploaded a custom collection of ambient restaurant sounds to Cloud - called "Sounds from Table 23."

INTO AN AT HOME RELEASED. IT HAS MADE MORE THAN $100 MILLION SINCE THE RELEASE, MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL "TROLLS" DID IN 5 MONTHS IN THEATERS. GREAT MOVIE, IT WAS  A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH. >>> YOU CAN HEAR CHATTER FROM

Zaxby's creates restaurant sounds playlist

Apple updated its iOS Security Guide to include information that iCloud services rely on the Google Cloud Platform.

ICloud News and Reporting Coverage | WRAL

Coach's hack of student-athlete personal photos has potential victims in NC

NC college students say they're victims of coach's massive cyber hack

Zaxby's creates restaurant sounds playlist

Apple admits using Google's Cloud for iCloud

Apple admits using Google's Cloud for iCloud