'Bomb on Board' Wi-Fi Network Causes Turkish Airlines Flight To Be Diverted (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday November 30, 2017 @05:50AM from the dispatch dept.

A Turkish Airlines flight from Nairobi to Istanbul was diverted after the detection of a wi-fi network called "bomb on board" that alarmed the passengers, the airline said on Thursday. From a report: In a statement, Turkish Airlines said the flight made an emergency landing at the Khartoum airport in Sudan, but the flight was safely resumed after security inspections on all passengers and the aircraft. Individuals can create personal wi-fi networks on devices such as mobile phones and name them what they want.

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Re:MAC Addr ? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-11-30 06:33 · Score: 4, Informative

No Kismet necessary
Win32
netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid
OSX /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -s
Linux
sudo iwlist scanning