They broke into an external wireless card attached to the MacBook, kinda defeats the purpose. Although, "they" say the hack would be identical to the onboard airport... I find it hard to believe too.. like the guy in this article:
http://daringfireball.net/2006/08/krebs_followup On 8/5/06, Jerry Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a BlackHat Demo, not instructions. Warning! Do NOT take a > wireless laptop to a Black Hat Convention! Well? YOU may be up to the > challenge. (They have a wall of shame for user names with passwords.) > > > http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/08/hijacking_a_macbook_in_60_seco.html > > -- > Jerry Hubbard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > CWE-LUG@lists.firepipe.net > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- The information transmitted (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is intended only for the person(s) or entity/entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list CWE-LUG@lists.firepipe.net http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
