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How to Take Over a Train Station

Posted by timothy on from the just-add-colons dept.

ThinkComp writes "Everyone knows that home wireless networks are insecure, but who would expect a major transportation hub to be vulnerable to the same problems? Well, waiting for my friend's train at South Station in Boston, MA, I happened to notice that it was possible to take control of the entire station's wireless network, including its home page and authorization method (free wireless, anyone?)--and those of thirty other businesses throughout Massachusetts, thanks to a few coding errors on the part of the wireless company with which South Station contracted."

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  1. Re:well with... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hello dear Internet Friend,

    I am curious about your negrosemitic roping technique for securing wireless access points in railway stations. Could you please elaborate?

    Regards,

    Joe Slimy
    Marketting department, Linksys Inc.

  2. Superheros. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anyone ever read 'Marvels'?
    It's a comic book that looks into the destruction of cities that superheros cause as they fight each other, and the effects on the familys of the victims.

    Good cracker VS Bad cracker is the same.
    They both fight their wars, about things the bystanders don't understand. Virus VS AntiVirus, Spyware VS AntiSpyware etc.
    All of us bystanders else just watch, patch, update and hope for the best.

  3. Re:wireless is insecure? by chucks86 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go eggs.

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  4. Re:wireless is insecure? by Mr+Tall · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why is that modded redundant? The guy has a point, and I can't see it made elsewhere, so how can it be redundant?

  5. Re:wireless is insecure? by Mr+Tall · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Yeah, I see what you mean. I just thought the point about the intrusion being labelled a terrorist act was a good one - that seems to happen a lot these days. "OMFG he's a terrorist! Lock him up!!! EEK!"

    We could go a bit further off topic if you like though - how's the weather where you are? ;)