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UK: Half of London Wi-Fi Networks Open to Hackers

René Millman writes on SC Magazine Online:

Researchers from anti-virus company Kaspersky Labs found that 49 percent of Wi-Fi networks in the city were not using data encryption and thus open to attack from hackers.

The research was carried out between April 25 and 28 this year in various areas of London and at Infosec 2006. The research paid particular attention to Canary Wharf, and while that area proved the most secure of all places tested in London, there were a significant number of wireless networks (40 percent) that were unencrypted.

posted by Fergie @ 5/24/2006 08:13:00 AM