Brandon Davis
BUS 100
10/8/10
Brandon Davis
BUS 100
Mrs. Johnson
10/8/10
Case 1: Wireless Wardriving
Wardriving is the act of driving around in a vehicle with a laptop computer, an antenna, and a wireless LAN organizer to exploit existing wireless ne dickensrks (Quick Street Inc.). There be two types of wardriving: the first group find unprotected telephoner networks and notify the companies of their vulnerability. This type of wardriving is legal and it benefits the company. What makes wardriving illegal is when one accesses a plant network (McHugh).
In 2003, Brian Salcedo and Adam Botbyl members of a political hack group in Michigan found this out. They were wardriving at a Lowes in Southfield, Michigan (Roth Daniel). This failicular Lowes had an sluttish wireless network. While in the parking lot Salcedo suasion it would be an opportune time to check his personal e-mail.
Salcedo overly gained access Lowes corpo crop data center in trade union Carolina. Once inside, he learned how the retailer approved and process credit cards, then wrote his own version of Lowes proprietary credit-card movement software (Roth Daniels). What Salcedo did was technically illegal. Lowes contacted the federal authorities in North Carolina.
The FBI tracked the source of the breach and found the two hackers in the Lowes parking lot in Southfield, Michigan. The FBI found and arrested both Botbyl and Salcedo. Botbyl, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and is percentage a two-year sentence. Salcedo, 22, was sentenced to nine years (Roth Daniels).
Wardriving for the most part is illegal, it is not very often that someone uses it for good. Especially in this case with Botbyl and Salcedo. They knew it was illegal but they thought they were invincible since they were hackers. In this case only the hackers were held responsible for the breach. At any rate both the suspect(s) and the company should have some blame for wardriving. The company...If you exigency to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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