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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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Long prison term for Lowe's wi-fi hacker 2004-12-16
Anonymous
He must have a really horrible horrible lawyer! I mean he only stole 6 credit card numbers and never used them. how do you get 9 years for that? He never should have plea bargained! It sounds like it should be a misdeameanor, because the ACTUAL loss was $0...

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