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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
If the Lowes wants to get people back into their stores, perhaps they should find this "person" that "installed" the WiFi AP, and publicly fire them.

Unless of course, the IT Group from LOWES actually installed the AP, then the Head of IT should be fired. or his boss, or so on...

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