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Wireless hacking bust in Michigan
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-12

In a rare wireless hacking prosecution, federal officials this week accused two Michigan men of repeatedly cracking the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores' nationwide network from a 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix parked outside a suburban Detroit store.

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I can't believe they did their first access to the Lowe's system at 11:20 PM. I'm curious if they did the rest of their accesses at the same time. How suspicious looking. It seems like people who get caught stealing WIFI fit into two concise scenarios:

1) Committing criminal acts (fraud, id theft, etc) . Yes, people doing this from their houses have gotten caught, even when they used high gain antennas to do long range attacks.

2) Parking in front of someone's house or in a parking lot a little too long. This is guaranteed to get you caught, especially if you do it real late at night.

I've yet to hear of someone in their place of residence getting arrested for stealing someone's wifi to check email, surf web, etc.

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