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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 2003-11-22
Anonymous
You guys are assuming that CC info goes over wireless in Lowes. Nothing states that was the case. Just that the hackers used wireless to get into the network. Once in, they could get CC info whether or not it is transmitted with wireless.

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