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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:29 pm
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
There have been stories of people checking into a very famous Dubai hotel and setting up a 'HotelName Public WiFi' with a laptop and a powerful router. They did give their victims access to the Internet but acquired their corporate passwords and confidential data as well. If my friend is not lying the hotel even paid a substantial sum in damages to the affected clients. The rationale was that the hotel should guarantee security.
I think it's called a man in the middle attack. I think this was demo'ed on The Real Hustle (BBC programme)
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