# Adam Botbyl

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Botbyl
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Botbyl.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Botbyl
> Source revision: 1066342579
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|American computer hacker from Michigan|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Adam Botbyl''' is an American computer [hacker](/source/Hacker_(computer_security)) from [Michigan](/source/Michigan).  He gained unauthorized access to the Lowes corporate computer network via an open, unsecured wireless access point used by the [Lowe's](/source/Lowe's){{ref|FreeP}}{{ref|Register}} chain of home improvement and hardware stores.  The access point was initially discovered inadvertently by his then-roommate, Paul Timmins.  Months later, Botbyl and Salcedo returned to explore and exploit the network at a store located in [Southfield, Michigan](/source/Southfield%2C_Michigan).{{ref|SecurityFocus}} They then attempted to install a program that could have allowed them to capture the credit card information of customers conducting transactions through the Southfield store.

The government claimed that the crime could have caused more than $2.5 million in damages. The three men were initially charged with 16 counts of wire fraud and unauthorized intrusion. Botbyl pleaded guilty to one count of [Conspiracy](/source/Conspiracy_(crime)), and the remaining counts were dismissed on the government's motion, per a plea bargain. Ultimately, Botbyl was sentenced to 26 months imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release. {{ref|Sentencing}}

On September 1, 2006, Botbyl was released from [Federal Bureau of Prisons](/source/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons) custody. His supervised release ended seven months early, on January 28, 2008.{{citation needed|date=December 2008}}

==See also==
* [List of convicted computer criminals](/source/List_of_convicted_computer_criminals)

==References==
#{{note|FreeP}} "Second hacker who entered Lowe's computers gets 26 months."  December 16, 2004.  ''[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press)''.
#{{note|Register}} {{cite web |year= 2009 |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/16/long_prison_term_for_lowes_hacker/|title = Michigan Wi-Fi hacker jailed for nine years|format = |publisher = [The Register](/source/The_Register)| accessdate = June 22, 2009 | last= Kevin Poulsen | author-link= Kevin Poulsen |quote=}}
#{{note|SecurityFocus}} "Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case", SecurityFocus, August 5, 2004. [http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9281/ Article]
#{{note|Sentencing}} "Judgement in a Criminal Case, 5:03CR53-02, Western District of North Carolina" December 16, 2004. [http://www.timmins.net/court/503cr00053.30.smj.pdf Judgment in a Criminal Case]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Botbyl}}
Botbyl, Adam
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American people convicted of fraud

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Botbyl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Botbyl) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Botbyl?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.