List of security hacking incidents
December — Brian Salcedo sentenced to 9 years in prison for his involvement in hacking into the corporate systems of Lowe's home improvement stores and attempting to steal customer credit card information. The sentence far exceeds the 5 1/2 years that hacker Kevin Mitnick spent behind bars. Prosecutors said the three men tapped into the wireless network of a Lowe's store in Southfield, Mich., used that connection to enter the chain's central computer system in North Wilkesboro, N.C., and installed a program to capture credit card information. No data was actually collected however.