writing assignment 3 will be a little different than your previous other 2 assignments. This assignment will be a Critical Thinking Excercise. The instructions are:
One night, 21-year-olds Brian Salcedo and Adam Botbyl were driving around in Adam’s car with a couple of antennas hanging out the window and a laptop. Salcedo and Botbyl were looking for open wireless networks they could access. As they drove past a Lowe’s home improvement store, they found it had an open network. Lowe’s had set it up to be open so the company’s employees could use scanners and other handheld devices to connect wirelessly to it.
Six months later, Salcedo and Botbyl used Lowe’s network to upload a modified program onto Lowe’s computer system. The program was designed to transmit customers’ credit card numbers to the men. Fortunately, the FBI investigated the incident and arrested Salcedo and Botbyl before they ever saw a single credit card number. They pleaded guilty and worked with Lowe’s to boost its security. Nonetheless, Salcedo was sentenced to nine years in prison, one of the longest sentences in U.S. history for computer hacking. Botbyl was sentenced to 26 months.
Address the following questions in detail;
– Who is responsible for keeping the credit card numbers of Lowe’s customers secure?
– How can consumers know if it’s safe to use their credit cards to make a
purchase?
– Were Salcedo’s and Botbyl’s sentences appropriate? Why or why not?
– How can consumers know if it’s safe to use their credit cards to make a
purchase?
– Were Salcedo’s and Botbyl’s sentences appropriate? Why or why not?
Parameter:
1. Your assignment should be 2 – 3 pages in length and written in APA style format.
2. Separate title and reference page (minimum of 3 or 4 references)
3. Double spaced with 12 point Times Roman font and 1” by 1.5” margins.
4. Paraphrasing of content – Demonstrate that you understand the case by summarizing the case in your oown words. Direct quotes should be used minimally.
2. Separate title and reference page (minimum of 3 or 4 references)
3. Double spaced with 12 point Times Roman font and 1” by 1.5” margins.
4. Paraphrasing of content – Demonstrate that you understand the case by summarizing the case in your oown words. Direct quotes should be used minimally.