Recovery knows my wi-fi credentials???

I bought a new Mac mini last week. For various reasons I have decided to return it and wiped the primary partition using the 7-pass overwrite. I rebooted to the recovery HD and was shocked when it bypassed the actual recovery partition and connected to the internet to reload the OS. While the beahviour is consistent with the recent KB articles for new Macs based on the state of the primary partition, I cannot figure out how it was able to connect to my wi-fi network (yes it's secure and no it doesn't have a wired ethernet connection).
I would have thought that wiping the primary partition would remove my network creentials but that would not seem to be the case. The KB would seem to indicate it requires you to choose a network and enter your credentials but it connected automatically in my case. What am I missing?

Result. My wifi is back working again.
After a number of evenings trawling through the support pages, I found a youtube clip from a chap taking his macbook apart and locating the airport adaptor and connecting cables.
The cable in question is located in the black plastic bar below the display and is a pain to get to. Apprently the most common cause of this issue is the cable becoming dislodged through an impromptu knock. I can see how this happened to me by travelling on the London Underground everyday with my mac in my shoulder bag.
Anyway, having seen the video, I bottled it and went to the genius bar obviously having seen the clip. I had a worst case scenario quote of £95.00, but a quote for a replacement cable and reseal being much less. I'm quite savvy but my mac is sacred and i'd rather the pros did it. Turned out to be £37.00 and my mac came back fixed and clean.... £37.00 for piece of mind is well worth it.
Here's the youtube clip but please don't take unnecessary risks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsSIUs7jzQc
Best of luck all.
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