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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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Wardriver pleads guilty in Lowes WiFi hacks 2004-06-07
Anonymous
I agree with other posts that Lowes was lax in their security. However, I'd like to point out that the security team at Lowes Corporate probably had nothing to do with the installation of the wireless access point that allowed the intrusion. Nowadays anyone can purchase a WAP and install it onto a...

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