Betsy Davies (pictured) watched an online video tutorial before being asked to hack into a Wi-Fi hotspot. It took the seven-year-old 11 minutes to infiltrate the network by setting up a rogue access point - frequently used by attackers to activate a ‘man in the middle’ attack, and begin eavesdropping on - or ‘sniffing’ - traffic.
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Just two days after an investigation revealed how much personal information public Wi-Fi networks can ‘suck’ from phones, a child has shown how easy the hotspots are to hack.
A seven-year-old broke into a Wi-Fi hotspot in just 10 minutes and 54 seconds after watching an online video tutorial.
The ethical hacking demo was carried out under the supervision of an online security expert to highlight just how vulnerable the networks are.
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An investigation by 5 News earlier this week found that hackers can force customers in a café to switch their phones from a legitimate Wi-Fi network to a fake one, without them knowing.
Rogue Access Points are wireless access points, installed on a company’s network without the company’s knowledge. Ms Davies began by searching for, and watching, a freely available video tutorial detailing how to hack a network - a Google search returns over 11 million results, and YouTube lists 14,000 tutorials (pictured)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2919762/Hacking-Wi-Fi-s-child-s-play-Seven-year-old-shows-easy-break-public-network-11-minutes.html
Hacking Wi-Fi is child’s play! 7-year-old shows how easy it is to break into a public network in less than 11 MINUTES
Experts predict a rise in criminals hacking ‘free Wi-Fi’ in 2015
To highlight the dangers, a virtual private network provider asked a seven-year-old to hack a network
The child watched an online tutorial before hacking into the Wi-Fi hotspot
It took her just 10 minutes and 54 seconds to infiltrate the network
By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:07 EST, 21 January 2015 | UPDATED: 14:29 EST, 22 January 2015
A seven-year-old broke into a Wi-Fi hotspot in just 10 minutes and 54 seconds after watching an online video tutorial.
The ethical hacking demo was carried out under the supervision of an online security expert to highlight just how vulnerable the networks are.
[. . .]
An investigation by 5 News earlier this week found that hackers can force customers in a café to switch their phones from a legitimate Wi-Fi network to a fake one, without them knowing.
Rogue Access Points are wireless access points, installed on a company’s network without the company’s knowledge. Ms Davies began by searching for, and watching, a freely available video tutorial detailing how to hack a network - a Google search returns over 11 million results, and YouTube lists 14,000 tutorials (pictured)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2919762/Hacking-Wi-Fi-s-child-s-play-Seven-year-old-shows-easy-break-public-network-11-minutes.html
Hacking Wi-Fi is child’s play! 7-year-old shows how easy it is to break into a public network in less than 11 MINUTES
Experts predict a rise in criminals hacking ‘free Wi-Fi’ in 2015
To highlight the dangers, a virtual private network provider asked a seven-year-old to hack a network
The child watched an online tutorial before hacking into the Wi-Fi hotspot
It took her just 10 minutes and 54 seconds to infiltrate the network
By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:07 EST, 21 January 2015 | UPDATED: 14:29 EST, 22 January 2015
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