9 year prison sentence for credit card theft

Jul 13 2006

A federal appeals court upheld a nine-year prison term Monday for a hacker who tried and failed to steal customer credit-card numbers from the Lowe’s chain of home improvement stores.

More: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71358-0.html

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Posted by Kurt.Seifried on Thursday, July 13th, 2006, at 12:08 am, and filed under Quick News.

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