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Drive-By Hacking in London

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

delibes writes "The BBC News website carries this story about hacking wireless networks in London's financial centre. " There isn't really much in the way of details, just saying that many businesses don't encrypt their networks. They talk about finding 12 networks while driving 1km... 8 of which had no encryption.

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  1. just wait by ArchieBunker · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Until he camps out and sets up a warez distro on your t3. Better hope your bandwidth isn't metered like some countries or you'll have quite a bill.

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