Cybercrime trio sentenced for $3m hacking spree via WiFi and malware

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Sophos said:
The Seattle Times has reported on the final nail in the coffin of a Pacific North West hacking trio, with the third and final member of the group being sentenced by the court.

The three men, Joshuah Allen Witt, 35, John Earl Griffin, 36, and Brad Eugene Lowe, 39, have all now been given stiff prison terms. Lowe picked up the lightest sentence, with six-and-a-half years, whilst Witt and Griffin were sent down for nearly eight years each.

They attacked companies both externally - by wardriving and looking for poorly-protected corporate WiFi connections - and internally - by breaking in and installing keyloggers on company computers. (It's much easier to infect a PC if you do it deliberately!)

Read more: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/16/seattle-cybercrime-trio-sentenced-for-3m-hacking-spree-via-wifi-and-malware/
 
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