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Law Enforcement Says Open Wi-Fi Networks Used for Crime |
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Written by Kory Mohr
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Monday, 21 March 2005 |
Amended from Wi-Fi Networking News:
Criminals use Wi-Fi to hide their tracks:
But not very always successfully. Some criminals aren’t very bright and
are using networks adjacent to where they live and having stolen goods
shipped to them despite using other people’s networks. Others are more
clever and their use of random Wi-Fi networks prevents them being
tracked down by law enforcement as they engage in death threats, fraud,
and cracking.
The article also lumps together unsecured business and home networks
with free Wi-Fi networks: “Ms. Hubert [the supervisory special agent in
charge of the Cyber Task Force at the F.B.I. field office in Buffalo]
says one group of hackers she has been tracking has regularly
frequented a local chain of Wi-Fi-equipped tea and coffee shops to help
cover its tracks.”
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