2nd person charged for Wi-Fi 'mooching'
2nd person charged for Wi-Fi 'mooching' By Chua Hian Hou - Jan 5, 2007 The Straits Times A YOUNG man who allegedly used his neighbour's unsecured wireless network to post a bomb hoax online was charged yesterday, the second person to be prosecuted for illegal wireless access. Twenty-one-year-old Lin Zhenghuang is accused of posting a message on popular technology website HardwareZone in July 2005, saying there was a bomb at the Toa Payoh bus interchange. The alleged post by Lin, using his online name 'krisurf', made in the wake of the London subway and bus bombings earlier that month, so alarmed the site's users that some contacted the police. The Straits Times understands that initial investigations had led the police to raid another user's home. She was questioned and her computer seized, but an analysis of her computer revealed that she was not responsible for the bomb hoax. As she had an unsecured wireless network at home, it was believed someone else co...