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Old 01-13-2008, 05:46 PM
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Default A Wi-Fi virus outbreak? Researchers say it's possible



Found this poking around. What you see is what I know.

If criminals were to target unsecured wireless routers, they could create an
attack that could piggyback across thousands of Wi-Fi networks in urban
areas like Chicago or New York City, according to researchers at Indiana
University.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...searchers.html

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http://www.networkworld.com/communit...zb&rc=wireless




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