First 'warspamming' case reaches court
News Nicholas Tombros, 37, is charged under the US CAN-SPAM act, which aims to clamp down on unsolicited junk mail. Prosecutors allege that Tombros used a laptop to sniff out insecure residential wireless access points in a Los Angeles suburb, before...
[September 7, 2004, 15:15]
'Wardriver' first to be convicted under US anti-spam law
News Nicholas Tombros admitted driving around Venice, California, last year, searching for unprotected hot spots -- an activity called "wardriving" -- and exploiting them to distribute unsolicited e-mail that advertised pornographic Web sites.
[October 1, 2004, 9:35]
