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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 wi-fi hacker 2004-12-17
Paul
In Response to "It was $0 to the consumers, but certainly not Lowes":

The person did wrong and should be punished. I am not going to comment on whether or not the sentence is too long, others have done plenty of that.

My comment is to the tone of this statement. Why shouldn't Lowes have a...

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