Simple Rogue WiFi Hotspot Captures High Profile Data

jones_supa writes Gustav Nipe, president of Sweden's Pirate Party's youth wing, was successful with somewhat trivial social engineering experiment in the area of the Sälen security conference. He set up a WiFi hotspot named "Öppen Gäst" ("Open Guest") without any kind of encryption. What do you know, a large amount of unsuspecting high profile guests associate with the network. Nipe says he was able to track which sites people visited as well as the emails and text messages of around 100 delegates, including politicians and journalists as well as security experts. He says that he won't be revealing which sites were visited by specific experts, as the point was just to draw attention to the issue of rogue network monitoring. The stunt has already sparked criticism in Swedish newspapers and on social media, with some angry comments saying that Nipe breached Sweden's Personal Data Act.

Comments

You want to protect your data?

[ArcadeMan]

If you want to protect your data, don't connect to an open WiFi hotspot.

Also, shame on the so-called "security experts" who used it.

Re:You want to protect your data?

[Cramer]

Are you 100% certain the cnn.com you think you asked for a page is actually cnn.com and not some i'm-gonna-fill-your-browser-full-of-malware spoof?

Hackers Obey the Law!!

[muphin]

i like the quote:

with some angry comments saying that Nipe breached Sweden's Personal Data Act

like hackers really care about obeying laws?