Hacking Neighbor Pleads Guilty On Death Threats and Porn

wiredmikey writes "Another good reason to make sure your wireless is secured! 'Barry Vincent Ardolf of Blaine, Minnesota pleaded guilty to hacking into his neighbor's wireless Internet system and posing as the neighbor to make threats to kill the Vice President of the United States. Just two days into his federal trial in St. Paul, Ardolf stopped the trial to plead guilty. According to the US Department of Justice, in his plea agreement, Ardolf, 45 years-old, was indicted on June 23, 2010, admitted that in February of 2009, he hacked into his neighbor's wireless Internet connection and created multiple Yahoo.com email accounts in his neighbor's name." Ardolf's guilty plea included child porn possession, as well as the death threats.

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[Larryish]

linux livecd + firefox private browsing + tor + privoxy + spoofed mac address + unsecured neighbor's wifi = teh win

windows user who thinks he is all "hackety hack hack hacker hackety hack" because he uses his neighbor's unsecured wifi = teh suck

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[MightyMartian]

Wow! What a creepy evil bastard. And what a goddamned moron, not accepting the plea agreement. He certainly deserves to rot.