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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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simple resolution to a complex problem 2004-06-09
Anonymous
I don't use credit cards/debit at all. I do have a checking account, and a ATM card, but I don't use them in any corperate environment. For obvious reasons... only to withdraw fast cash in case of emergencies.... (only in person, at my local branch)

Yes I know that the mere fact of having a cr...

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