{"id":256025,"date":"2010-01-31T17:18:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T22:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/31\/hacking-cable-modems-for-fun-profit-jail-time\/"},"modified":"2010-01-31T17:18:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T22:18:29","slug":"hacking-cable-modems-for-fun-profit-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/256025","title":{"rendered":"Hacking cable modems for fun, profit, jail time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/news\/2010\/01\/hacking-cable-modems-for-fun-profit-jail-time.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.arstechnica.com\/assets\/2010\/01\/cable_guy_small-thumb-230x130-11776-f.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n        <!--body--><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Delorey was a 26-year old with a business plan: selling hacked cable modems. 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