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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. Re:Suprise! by Patrick+Mannion · · Score: 0, Troll

    The EFF and ACLU conspiracy types will be crawling out of the woodwork now. RUN FOR COVER!

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  2. In Splinter Cell They Break PGP In 3 Seconds! by Pants75 · · Score: 1, Troll
    Sam, I mean Me, got hold of some encrypted data out of a "Data Stick" and that Grim girl back at the office had it cracked in no time!

    I didn't even have to hang around in the dark waiting for her to load up her secret PGP cracking software!

  3. Re:WEP is only useful for by i.r.id10t · · Score: 1, Troll

    An armed society is a polite society.

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  4. Yeah? well, decrypt this! by ylikone · · Score: 0, Troll
    Here is an encrypted message which uses a method I made up myself. I know nothing about cryptography... so maybe this is easy to crack, but maybe not. Try to crack it if you can, the decoded message will give further instructions.

    57636C3U5O5V5Z445K5U5J6A2X5S5V3Z5V5T3L6J
    6B643P5L5L323M5P5U66685E6668683P5L622P5H
    5Z3Z665V5M6D445M5W5M5P1A3M3W543U605E5Y61
    3R5Q623S395U3W646B665I66623R5I5W5O0W5Z67
    5W3U5W5X426J5R5M5W3S213M6B5S60673L6E6B3R
    605N5Y2S3M5T655P65626A6G5O5L3Q5P315F5X63
    65493L42593R5N5R5R395W5T3Z655W5R5X613R5Q
    623S2X5X625N41673L696A5O3P5X5Q0W5Y5W5W3U
    665X5V6A5N5I605O183M5Z65616A5R42615X5K60
    69345Y5X66603V5X5Z5Z5R5V5R61395J674B3U67
    5L5V6G3R5Q623S375M636C5Y5R3L5W613R635N62
    3D3M5W5S645R3L6E6B3R5K605L2R5P4A3Z3U4T5Y
    6E444W3P5V5L3D3M5Q5W3U5Q5S676C5V5M625P30
    633W6E64625R61445L5M5L5L395X5T3Z4Z3V5V5Z
    5X5V5T673S2Z5S636E3U615S6E645S5V5P3S2P5G
    636C663V5G6C6L5Z615X5R365F645Z6B493L4259
    5P3P675Z393M5R5S603V5J6363645Z5N3S385M5X
    6A3U625Y6E4G3R5X5U5P2P5X5T3Z655S5R5Y445W
    5M3Q5L323M5T645N5W5P425X633P5V5L365P634V
    5Y5W5R6F6K455K5J3S2P5S5S3Z5R6B5T665X5S5V
    3Q64333M615W3U5V5S6H44685W633S2S5N5S3Z5V
    673Z4244575P5N622T3M61605T5V5X425X5V605X
    3S2Q5J3W6A61605I42675S5V5M3S335K3W695R6A
    5E6C604543443S3B5J6063463V5Q5V6L5L5M3Q5Y
    335Y4A

    Good luck.

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  5. And I always thought... by jessecurry · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...that the feds were clueless when it comes to technology :)

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