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Story: Hackers attack IT conference

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Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 26 April 2005, 11:16 PM)

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Don,

Do you mean that all those smart people at one of those meetings didn't just shut off all ports before traipsing into an unknown network? Sweet!

Of course, we are all sick of those half-assed hotel networks at conventions. But that just makes it more obvious that you have to be careful.

I certainly battened down the hatches before attending the session on "Hacking Ad Hoc Wireless Networks" at the DC Radisson in February. Nudge nudge, know what I mean?

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