Mad Whacked, Crazy-Long WiFi Hacker Sentence Upheld

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Wired News.

[snip]

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.

[snip]

More:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71358-0.html

- ferg


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