Yeah, but there's a difference. All Kevin wanted was source code. Although I think the penalty is insanely harsh, in all honesty, there is no legitimate "hackerish" use for a lot of credit card numbers. You can't learn anything technological from them, you can only use them to steal.
Mike Outmesguine wrote: > We've talked about this case here and during the SOCALWUG meetings. The two > hackers in this story went wardriving back in 2003 and found an open Wi-Fi > network in a Lowe's store. They went back later and, using the Wi-Fi > network, installed a program that would collect credit card numbers from all > the Lowe's stores. > > This article recounts the incident and tells how one of the hackers, Brian > Salcedo, was sentenced to 9 years in prison just for the attempt. They > didn't succeed since the FBI was watching the parking lot the night they > instaled the code. Ealier this week an appeals court upheld the sentence > saying that the intention to steal a lot of credit cards was severe enough > to warrant the longer sentence, even though they didn't actually see any > credit card numbers. > > We haven't had a high profile hacker in jail since Kevin Mitnick. I wouldn't > be surprised if "Free Brian" stickers should appear on laptops and car > bumpers this summer. > > Story: > http://wired.com/news/technology/0,71358-0.html > > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
