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Wardriver pleads guilty in Lowe's WiFi hacks
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-06-04

In a rare wireless hacking conviction, a Michigan man entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina for his role in a 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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Thank you Lowes 2004-06-07
Anonymous
I am glad to see that Lowes prosecuted these people. If it wasn't for the fact that they were prosecuted, it may have never made it out into the public eye that Lowes doesn't secure their customers private information.

I can tell you due to this, that I will definately not be shopping at Lowes e...

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