http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123458891/how-7-year-old-girl-hacked-public-wi-fi-network-10-minutes
By Ben Rossi
Information Age
21 January 2015
Free Wi-Fi at a coffee shop or other public space is a welcome sign for
millions of people everyday who want to get some work done, make a video
call, or just catch up on a bit of online shopping.
However, as results of a new experiment today prove, public Wi-Fi is so
unsecure it can even be hacked by a seven-year-old child – and in just
over ten minutes.
The ethical hacking experiment was conducted as part of a new Wi-Fi safety
public awareness campaign by VPN provider www.hidemyass.com, which aims to
to highlight just how effortlessly hackers can compromise any of the UK’s
almost 270,000 public Wi-Fi spots.
With the consent of her family and in a controlled environment, IT-savvy
seven-year-old Betsy Davies managed to hack a willing participant’s laptop
while they were connected to a purpose-made open Wi-Fi network – designed
to replicate those found on the high street.
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