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Democratic Convention Computer Security Threat?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-point-that-laptop-at-me-sir dept.

Hiawatha writes "Excuse me for tooting my own horn, but check out my story in today's Boston Globe about a possible security problem at the Democratic convention next week. If visitors plug insecure laptops with wireless connections into the convention's wired network, there could be trouble..."

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  1. anybody setting up an AP? by UnderAttack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hm. Taking over the Jumbotron is probably the ultimate "Capture the Flag" contest.

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  2. Democrats have techies on their side... by A_GREER · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can they get hacked when it was AL Gore who invented the internet...

  3. really secret stuff by pocomoonshiine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe somebody at the DNC has compromising pictures of George Bush getting wads of money stuffed up... oh wait, that wouldn't be news. (Same applies to Mr. Kerry) Just what sort of top secret information does anybody expect to snag? This is a planned media circus, not a cigar smoke-filled warroom meeting.

    I don't see how the security vulnerabilities at the DNC are any different than any business, convention, or hotel on any day in any city.