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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 2004-12-21
Reid
I will be one of the first ones who stand up and declare that the US Justice System is in serious need of modifications. Prison sentences for Murderers and Rapists are *way* too short and those "lesser" crimes are extended beyond resonable limits.

However, when someone sets out to commit a crime...

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