Hot Sales In China For Wi-Fi Key-Cracking Kits

alphadogg writes "Dodgy salesmen in China are making money from long-known weaknesses in a Wi-Fi encryption standard, by selling network key-cracking kits for the average user. Wi-Fi USB adapters bundled with a Linux operating system, key-breaking software, and a detailed instruction book are being sold online and at China's bustling electronics bazaars. The kits, pitched as a way for users to surf the Web for free, have drawn enough buyers and attention that one Chinese auction site, Taobao.com, had to ban their sale last year. With one of the 'network-scrounging cards,' or 'ceng wang ka' in Chinese, a user with little technical knowledge can easily steal passwords to get online via Wi-Fi networks owned by other people. The kits are also cheap. A merchant in a Beijing bazaar sold one for 165 yuan ($24), a price that included setup help from a man at the other end of the sprawling, multistory building."

Comments

WAP uses 16 characters

[bob probst]

and they have to crack it brute force. Sure people might still use WEP but they deserve to get hacked.. it's little more than a picket fence.

Re:Are these available in the states?

[h4rr4r]

I concede you are a small brained fuck that happens to be correct about something that had nothing to do with what I was talking about.

I firmly hope you learn to read one day soon. I also hope you find a network card since I wont be giving you one of mine. Also you should probably switch to a better OS, you silly windows user:P