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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 2004-06-08
Anonymous
Lowes security team is laughable, however what worries me, not to give excuse to the group of guys involved is 1) that someone that didn't end up stealing a thing is getting 12 years in the can. 2) That this is the only recent article on the subject.

I would wonder where Mr. polsen gets his inf...

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