New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks

New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-21

Federal officials this week accused a third Michigan man of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network at store in suburban Detroit.

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New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks 2003-11-24
Anonymous (2 replies)

I have been to a Lowe's store in Virginia that had a dirty little wood shack in the back of the lumber area with the door completely unsecured. Guess what was in it...the core router and switches and firewall for the entire store. I had to get a bunch of lumber from the bin next to the shack and tha...

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New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks 2003-11-24
Anonymous

> Lowes, get a clue.

"Why ? It's cheaper to sue !"

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New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks 2003-11-25
Ip Masta

This is sadly, yet another example of some media portrayed hackers, really criminals in this case, give 2600 such a bad name. There are so-called Black Hats out there whom participate in illegal activities which eventually result in more computer "cybercrime" laws which in the end take away more fro...

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New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks 2003-11-26
Anonymous (1 replies)

Not to mention the fact that LOWES is wilfully leaving customers information within easy grasp by not using at least some of the built in security available in 802.11b

Lowes should be fined for such a lax attitude towards data security....

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New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks 2003-12-01
George Dean, WLAN Systems Engineer

A Company like Lowes should take responsibility in protecting their customer's credit information. If the company can't afford the expertise to secure their wireless technology then they should stick with the old card sliders with carbon copies.

Wait, do hackers out wardriving also dig through g...

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New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks 2007-09-26
Mary Therese Corrigan

I attempted to open a Lowe's free kitchen makeover e-mail, and my security system blocked the virus.

I hope that others know about this virus that is being circulated !!!!...

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