Man fined for hacking into wireless connection
- Mon, 25 Jul 2005
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A man has been fined £500 for hacking into a wireless connection.
It what is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, a jury at Isleworth court found Gregory Straszkiewicz, 24, guilty of dishonestly obtaining an electronic communications service and possessing equipment for fraudulent use of a communications service.
Straszkiewicz was caught standing outside a building in a residential area holding a wireless-enabled laptop.
The Crown Prosecution Service said he was 'piggybacking' the wireless network that householders were using.
Straszkiewicz was fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge.





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