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Subject: [ISN] Police: Wireless network hacker targeted Seattle-area
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-04-27 7:50:59
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.1104270250460.12796 () conundrum ! infosecnews ! org
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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Police-Wireless-network-hacker-targeted-1344185.php
By LEVI PULKKINEN
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
April 19, 2011
Law officers have moved to seize a Seattle man's car they claim was used
in a "wardriving" spree that saw Seattle-area wireless networks hacked
and harvested for information.
In filings with the U.S. District Court at Seattle, investigators
contend the 1988 Mercedes sedan was a rolling base of operations for
hackers intent on forcing their way into wireless networks to obtain
personal information.
Federal prosecutors describe the seizure requested last week as a small
piece of a years-long investigation into a string of network intrusions
and commercial burglaries in which two other Seattle men were accused of
stealing $750,000 in computer equipment and other items.
Writing the court, Seattle Police Detective Chris Hansen said the car's
owner is suspected of using sophisticated electronic equipment to break
through networks using a 12-year-old security algorithm -- Wired
Equivalent Privacy, or WEP protection -- since superseded by more modern
defenses.
[...]
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