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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's? 2004-12-15
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One would think that Lowe's would be held accountable for not securing their wireless network. It's not like these guys had to crack WEP to get this access. If I were one of Lowe's customers I would be "interested" to know if my credit card number was disclosed and what they are going to do about it...

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