Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Mad Whacked, Crazy-Long WiFi Hacker Sentence Upheld

Kevin Poulsen writes on Wired News:

A federal appeals court upheld a nine-year prison term Monday for a hacker who tried and failed to steal customer credit-card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores.

Brian Salcedo, now 23, has been in custody since 2003, when an FBI stakeout caught him and a partner breaking into several Lowe's networks over an unsecured Wi-Fi connection at a suburban Detroit store.

Under Monday's ruling, Salcedo will not be eligible for release until May 2011.

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 7/11/2006 02:22:00 AM

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