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Lowe's Hardware Hacker Gets Nine Years
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Yahoo News has the story on some hackers who attempted to gain credit card information from an insecure Lowe's wireless network.
One of three Michigan men who hacked into the national computer system of Lowe's hardware stores and tried to steal customers' credit card information was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison.
The government said it is the longest prison term ever handed down in a computer crime case in the United States.Brian Salcedo of Whitmore Lake, Mich., pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy and other hacking charges.
Salcedo's sentence, imposed by U.S. District Judge Lacy Thornburg, exceeds that given to the hacker Kevin Mitnick, who spent more than 5 1/2 years behind bars, according to a Justice Department Web site that tracks cyber-crime prosecutions.
"I think the massive amount of potential loss that these defendants could have imposed was astounding, so that's what caused us to seek a substantial sentence against Mr. Salcedo," federal prosecutor Matthew Martens said.
Two other men are awaiting sentencing in the Lowe's case. One of them, Adam Timmins, became one of the first people convicted of "wardriving," in which hackers go around with an antenna, searching for vulnerable wireless Internet connections.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
The only back door hacking in this guys future will be his own. 
Serously, nine years seems a bit steep to me. Manslaughter is less of a sentence.
Posted by: SKYHN
Damn peterson jury strikes again.
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