A trio of French journalists from Global Security Magazine were reportedly kicked out of the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas for targeting fellow reporters in the press room with a WiFi hack. The offending journalists/hackers may have used a network-sniffing tool called “Cain” to capture username and password information sent out in the clear over the WiFi network in the press room, according to reports from two journalists who were targeted, eWeek’s Brian Prince and Cnet’s Elinor Mills.
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Journalists Hack Journalists at Black Hat
Posted by: Chris Maxcer August 8, 2008 02:00 PMA trio of French journalists from Global Security Magazine were reportedly kicked out of the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas for targeting fellow reporters in the press room with a WiFi hack. The offending journalists/hackers may have used a network-sniffing tool called “Cain” to capture username and password information sent out in the clear over the WiFi network in the press room, according to reports from two journalists who were targeted, eWeek’s Brian Prince and Cnet’s Elinor Mills.