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I really hope he did, if not then this is way out of line. I can understand a kid going around and doing this, but posting information like that on a well known blog is going to the extreme. I am all for securing and trying to help people ignorant to the facts, but this is a lot of money on the line.

I work in the IT field and have been doing it for a few years now. I don't know about you George, but things don't just change with a snap of the finger. Meetings are held, corporate decides, buying has to be approved. I could tell a company until I am blue in the face that someone will hack us because were using WEP, but it doesn't matter. Unless you can manage to convince a bunch of monkeys in suits that your idea will stop a potential risk, then theres nothing you can do.

In my opinion its not right to go post this information, though anyone could get it, its now done for them. You say you wouldn't scan or crack the network, but I am sure plenty of people will who don't care. If you did actually contact the places (which I am sure you didn't because its hard to speak with the big people in those places) then well done, but still shouldn't be posted. And if you didn't then way to go for being a dumb ass, if something happened in the next month, you my friend should be to blame.
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Sounds like a plug for Sears  nucrash | 05/10/07
I don't know  georgeou | 05/10/07
Ummm... Sears was using WPA  nucrash | 05/10/07
Sears appears to have the basics right  georgeou | 05/10/07
Don't forget ssh/ssl  Sxooter_z | 05/10/07
sorry  Sxooter_z | 05/10/07
No, corporations don't do that. VPN is NOT a substitue.  georgeou | 05/10/07
And of course...  ejhonda | 05/10/07
..Wow  Brandon Dixon | 05/10/07
The problem is customer security  yyuko@... | 05/10/07
They had plenty of time  CobraA1 | 05/10/07
Wow, you honestly think this is a secret?  georgeou | 05/10/07
Don't assign stupidity where ignorance will suffice.  techotter@... | 05/11/07
Another thought  mtgarden | 05/10/07
The news didn't just come out  yyuko@... | 05/10/07
Another Billion in damages to whom?  enduser_z | 05/10/07
Liability? Not good enough.  SecurityGeek_z | 05/10/07
We have to start somewhere.  enduser_z | 05/10/07
$25 fine per record lost is more than $1B  georgeou | 05/10/07
To TJX  micallefman@... | 05/10/07
Office Depot might be connecting the floor model laptops  t_mohajir | 05/10/07
You might be right  georgeou | 05/10/07
Seems that Loews has not learned their lesson.....  rjcst45@... | 05/10/07
I didn't get to check Home Depot yet  georgeou | 05/10/07
Folks KISMET is a 'passive' packet sniffer  D. T. Schmitz | 05/10/07
Thanks, wish I had an N800 for this task  georgeou | 05/10/07
Another Nokia Plug  nucrash | 05/10/07
Yup, it's a plug alright. George had N800 in hands, George likes!  georgeou | 05/10/07
Dietrich, Need a full review  nucrash | 05/11/07
My only problem with it is a missing qwerty  georgeou | 05/11/07
Oh great, good job George, NOT  Narg | 05/10/07
you *MUST* work at Best Buy (eom)  kckn4fun | 05/10/07
He didn't do anything wrong... this time  yyuko@... | 05/10/07
You honestly think TJX hackers haven't looked?  georgeou | 05/10/07
you are a complete idiot  ITdaized | 05/14/07
legal 411  kckn4fun | 05/10/07
Thanks, I clearly stated I didn't enter the network  georgeou | 05/10/07
ISPs are still using WEP  toadlife | 05/10/07
True ISP's use WEP  skykingoh | 05/10/07
*Terrible* justification  toadlife | 05/10/07
Not justification, reality  skykingoh | 05/10/07
You make my point nicely  toadlife | 05/10/07
ISPs don't count  georgeou | 05/10/07
Don't count for what?  toadlife | 05/10/07
And I'm saying ISPs don't guarantee anything  georgeou | 05/10/07
I'd rather use my own wireless  CobraA1 | 05/10/07
Kudos  swenger | 05/10/07
Or more likely, they're already inside the network with backdoors  georgeou | 05/10/07
Around the country  Silent Observer | 05/10/07
Hospitals are horrible  georgeou | 05/10/07
Wireless is Just Less Secure  WiredGuy | 05/10/07
No one ever thought WEP was secure, never once  georgeou | 05/10/07
But at the same time, don't over encrypt  nucrash | 05/10/07
Somebody probably did  WiredGuy | 05/10/07
I said 500 years  georgeou | 05/10/07
Agreed - it's how long do you need to protect the data...  WiredGuy | 05/11/07
Doubtful they can crack AES128  georgeou | 05/11/07
By the way, it's CAT6a, not CAT6e  georgeou | 05/10/07
My cable guy uses CAT6e  WiredGuy | 05/10/07
CAT-6a is the correct name  georgeou | 05/10/07
There are known ways of tapping Optical  georgeou | 05/10/07
entire article rendered useless by last 2 sentences  hammerschlag@... | 05/12/07
Uh, Hello, Reality Calling Bumbles  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 05/13/07
tried yahoo mail in Comp USA and had account shut down in 20 hrs so maybe  hammerschlag@... | 05/12/07
Retailers have multiple networks  dan.mcfaddin@... | 05/14/07
Some do and some don't  georgeou | 05/14/07
RE: Retailers haven't learned from TJX - still running WEP  victimOfWEP | 07/07/08

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