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Feds Hack Wireless Network in 3 Minutes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-can't-balance-budget dept.

xs3 writes At a recent ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) meeting in Los Angeles, a team of FBI agents demonstrated current WEP-cracking techniques and broke a 128 bit WEP key in about three minutes. Special Agent Geoff Bickers ran the Powerpoint presentation and explained the attack, while the other agents (who did not want to be named or photographed) did the dirty work of sniffing wireless traffic and breaking the WEP keys. This article will be a general overview of the procedures used by the FBI team.."

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  1. IOW: Do as we say, not as we do... by denis-The-menace · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Government hypocrisy at its best.

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    Obama's legacy: (N)othing (S)ecure (A)nywhere and (T)error (S)imulation (A)dministration
  2. Isn't it against the law by TheLastUser · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Isn't it against the law in the US to circumvent encryption?

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Comment removed based on user account deletion