Arrested for WarDriving!
Wireless network hijacker found guilty - Government & Law - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com: "A UK man has been fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection."
He connected to the network. Well?
It was said it was not fraudulent.
What would happen if you had your laptop on and you connected to a BT OpenZone Access Point when you don't have an account, thats connection to a network!
This is the first instance of this kind in the UK.
So Wardriving is illegal then.
Maybe my warning to the local school is illegal. My system detected and connected by accident, but I informed the school that they had an open node, and explained that paedophiles could use the information on the computers for nefarious means.
He connected to the network. Well?
It was said it was not fraudulent.
What would happen if you had your laptop on and you connected to a BT OpenZone Access Point when you don't have an account, thats connection to a network!
This is the first instance of this kind in the UK.
So Wardriving is illegal then.
Maybe my warning to the local school is illegal. My system detected and connected by accident, but I informed the school that they had an open node, and explained that paedophiles could use the information on the computers for nefarious means.
posted by Rowley at
7:48 AM
2 Comments:
I dunno about this one. It looks like the guy was intentionally using the internet connection for his own benefit without permission. Of course, the internet connection was open to anyone. I bet a class-action lawsuite could be filed against Cisco because all of there Linksys routers can be access with the same password on its default settings. It doesn't take much to gain access because some people don't have security in mind when they go wireless in there home.
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