Security expert accused after a demonstration.

. Hacktivism

30.07.02 Security expert accused after a demonstration.
Stefan Puffer, an expert in computer security in Houston (USA) has been convicted of fraud for having demonstrated the lack of wireless LAN security employee of the District of Harris County. It is the first case of its kind in the United States and Puffer, used the same district is likely five years in prison and a $ 250,000 fine. His intrusion was performed for the first time, according to the analysis of the charge and repeated ten days later in front of an officer and a journalist. The analysis was aimed at the poor security of the network that exploited the 802.11 protocol, after which it was required subsequent expenditure of $ 5,000 to make it safe again.