“AT&T Broadband is warning customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after an unusual case in which a subscriber played an unwitting role in dispatching a pirated movie over the Internet, the company’s spokeswoman said.
“The movie pirate lived next door to the subscriber, but was able to access his neighbor’s Wi-Fi wireless network and use it to send the movie out over his neighbor’s AT&T Broadband’s high-speed Internet service, according to AT&T Broadband spokeswoman Sara Eder. The actual pirate was ultimately caught, and the AT&T Broadband customer got a break…”
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