Second arrest for broadband 'tapping' (From Redditch Advertiser)

Second arrest for broadband 'tapping'

10:52am Tuesday 17th April 2007

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A SECOND person in Redditch arrested on suspicion of tapping into a wireless broadband connection has received a police caution.

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.

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.

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