Long prison term for Lowe's wi-fi hacker

Long prison term for Lowe's wi-fi hacker
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-12-16

A 21-year-old Michigan man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Wednesday in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina for his role in a failed scheme to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network at a store in suburban Detroit.

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What about Lowe&#39;s? 2004-12-20
Lowe's sucks!!!

Lowe's should have gotten a HUGE smack in the face for this. Granted, I can tell you that they definately lost a customer, ME, but I think that they should have been penalized. Could you imagine a bank running a wireless connection unsecured? They'd get REEMED, so why didn't Lowes? Yes, they may be a hardware store, but they still are dealing with money, and customers CONFIDENTIAL information!!!

Let's get ourselves responsible, Corporate America!!!!

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Good for LOWE'S

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