Stealing Internet access is a crime. But helping thousands of other people steal Internet access is a much more serious one. An Oregon man who sold hacked cable modems online has been sentenced to three years in prison after a federal court in Boston found him guilty of a scheme that earned him up to $1 million, the Boston Globe reports.
Ryan Harris, 28, was convicted of seven counts of wire fraud in March for selling modified hardware and software that allowed users to skirt restrictions placed by Internet service providers. Harris was also convicted of cloning modem addresses of paid Internet users, granting others fraudulent access. He published a how-to book on the topic titled Hacking the Cable Modem: What Cable Companies Don’t Want You to Know.
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4 comments:
I wish these guys would put their genius to good use.
What's the big deal? I tell all my neighbors that my wireless router is NOT password protected. They just visit and I help them reduce their being at the beach costs. Don't charge them nor do I help them connect.
Why not?
I guess because one is stealing and one (you) are giving.
You know these cable people gotta get every last nickel.
Better convict Starbucks, they are giving away free wi fi
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