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Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough

Posted by timothy on from the it-budget-excuse-par-excellence dept.

secmartin writes "Russian security firm Elcomsoft has released software that uses Nvidia GPUs to speed up the cracking of WPA and WPA2 keys by a factor of 100. Since the software allows them to network thousands of PCs, this anouncement effectively signals the death of wireless networking in business networks; any network handling sensitive data should start using VPN encryption on machines connecting over Wi-Fi networks, or stop using these networks altogether."

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  1. Re:Wires. by Ash-Fox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yet you probably give your credit card to a waitress at several restaurants per month, who walks off with it to who knows where.

    No, they bring the card reader to the table.

    What backwards country are you living in?

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