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Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-06-25

A Maryland man with a grudge against a Connecticut-based patent firm used unsecured wireless networks at homes and businesses in the Washington D.C. area to penetrate the company's computers and deliver untraceable threats and extortion demands, until an FBI surveillance team caught him in the act.

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Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion 2004-06-28
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Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion 2004-06-29
Anonymous
May that guy have a nice 10x10 padded cell :P...

Make check payable to guy who has no idea how to issue a demand and not get caught.

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