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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 2004-06-09
Anonymous
I've picked up Lowes in a wardriving scan before... The difference is, I don't act on my findings; I scan, detect, and leave. Open wifi at Lowes is nothing new.

These guys did do something wrong by intruding... but I fully agree with everyone else who has said Lowes is in the end accountable for...

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