Wireless hackers might hit home networks

Parked outside a swank Narberth, Pa., block, it took a computer consultant about five minutes to electronically thumb through several houses' worth of long-distance access codes, personal mail and hotel receipts - complete with credit-card numbers. In a single mile, only 12 of 58 houses with wireless computer networks had any security measures to keep hackers out, a local indicator of an impending national boom in identity theft, government officials worry.

"Everyone talks about how great wireless networks are, but no one talks about security issues," said Naomi Lefkovitz, an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, which oversees identity fraud. "People just think it's exciting, and they don't think about how it could be used for less than positive ideas."

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