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Wireless hacking bust in Michigan
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-12

In a rare wireless hacking prosecution, federal officials this week accused two Michigan men of repeatedly cracking the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores' nationwide network from a 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix parked outside a suburban Detroit store.

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Wireless hacking bust in Michigan 2003-11-14
bachroxx
Theres another angle that should be harped on here. Its bad enough that they were able to penetrate the system, but that is (to me) not the worst thing that happened. Why were they able to use Lowes network to get unfettered access to other stores and why weren't they detected until they made a wh...

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