UK Broadband arrests
April 19, 2007 by go broadband
A second person in Redditch has been arrested on suspicion of tapping into a wireless broadband connection. They have been received with a caution. This is the second broadband tapping arrest this month (14th April 2007).
At around 9pm on Saturday, April 14, a neighbour spotted a man sitting in a car using a laptop computer outside a property in the Church Hill area and alerted police, suspected the individual of tapping into a home network.
Pc Tony Humphreys, from Redditch police, said:
“We are reminding people with wireless broadband that their connections could be accessed in this way if they do not follow the security advice issued to them by their broadband provider.
“We also want to warn potential offenders that we take any reports of this type of activity very seriously. A woman was arrested in similar circumstances in a residential road near Redditch town centre last month and she also received a police caution.”
The man arrested was cautioned with dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid payment – Jacking for short! These latest arrests could cause problems for the various peer-to-peer broadband schemes being set-up
What do you think to internet and broadband jacking? It has been around for years in various forms. Should people be free to use wireless networks that have been left un-secured or should the police be arresting these people? Leave your comments.
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Don’t involve the police – let them concentrate on the really serious stuff – like catching criminals who travel at 32 mph in a 30mph restricted areas…………….!
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