Wardrivers charged with hacking Lowe's

zerodamage · Nov 11, 2003, 03:43 PM

"Two men repeatedly hacked into the Lowe's home improvement chain's national computer system, getting access to credit card and other information, the federal government says. The Waterford men sat in a car in the parking lot of a Lowe's store in Southfield and used a wireless network to enter the computer system from Oct. 25 through Friday, prosecutors say. The purpose of the hacking is unclear, the government says. Paul Timmins, 22, and Adam Botbyl, 20, may have been engaged in "wardriving," or cruising around with a specially equipped laptop and an antenna searching for unsecured wireless networks hooked to the Internet. The men are charged with causing damage to a protected computer system, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The men appeared Monday before U.S. District Court Magistrate Virginia Morgan. Timmins said he is a $38,000-a-year computer network and security specialist for a Southfield software company. Botbyl said he is a student at ITT Technical Institute in Troy. Morgan released them on $10,000 unsecured bonds."

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The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 11, 2003, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by zerodamage
"Two men repeatedly hacked into the Lowe's home improvement chain's national computer system, getting access to credit card and other information, the federal government says. The Waterford men sat in a car in the parking lot of a Lowe's store in Southfield and used a wireless network to enter the computer system from Oct. 25 through Friday, prosecutors say. The purpose of the hacking is unclear, the government says. Paul Timmins, 22, and Adam Botbyl, 20, may have been engaged in "wardriving," or cruising around with a specially equipped laptop and an antenna searching for unsecured wireless networks hooked to the Internet. The men are charged with causing damage to a protected computer system, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The men appeared Monday before U.S. District Court Magistrate Virginia Morgan. Timmins said he is a $38,000-a-year computer network and security specialist for a Southfield software company. Botbyl said he is a student at ITT Technical Institute in Troy. Morgan released them on $10,000 unsecured bonds."

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"may have been engaged in "wardriving," or cruising around with a specially equipped laptop and an antenna searching for unsecured wireless networks hooked to the Internet."

"men are charged with causing damage to a protected computer system"

they contridicted them selfs lol .... if they were protected this would of never happend... and they didn't hack in they only tuned into what was allready being brodcast like a tv station brodcast.... for anyone to pick up on lol

as for butting them on bond ... i doubt the'll say in the us for much longer lol ...

Nov 11, 2003, 03:43 PM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Wardrivers charged with hacking Lowe's "Two men repeatedly hacked into the Lowe's home improvement chain's national computer system, getting access to credit card and other information, the federal government says. The Waterford men sat in a car in the parking lot of a Lowe's store in Southfield and used a wireless network to enter the computer system from Oct. 25 through Friday, prosecutors say. The purpose of the hacking is unclear, the government says. Paul Timmins, 22, and Adam Botbyl, 20, may have been engaged in "wardriving," or cruising around with a specially equipped laptop and an antenna searching for unsecured wireless networks hooked to the Internet. The men are charged with causing damage to a protected computer system, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The men appeared Monday before U.S. District Court Magistrate Virginia Morgan. Timmins said he is a $38,000-a-year computer network and security specialist for a Southfield software company. Botbyl said he is a student at ITT Technical Institute in Troy. Morgan released them on $10,000 unsecured bonds." Source: HackintheBox