DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
dangle1
37 points
12 comments
August 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
port-tcp
I hope people realise this is the potential outcome for their skiddy behaviour. https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/man-charged...
ChrisArchitect
Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265134
mcny
Is this really where our law enforcement should be spending its resources? I would say rescuing kittens from trees is a higher priority than this nonsense. Also worth noting wherever we get a chance — the Computer Fruad And Abuse Act itself is nonsensical and must be abolished. There is no salvaging it. It must be repealed with no replacement. I don't think the FBI has enough agents to play tech support to anyone who doesn't understand how wifi works.
charcircuit
>a fake hotspot (“Delta WiFi Fast”), with a phishing landing page “designed to harvest passengers’ personal credentials.” It wasn't a fake hotspot. It was a real hotspot with a SSID that potentially infringed Delta's trademark. CFAA doesn't prevent harvesting people's credentials since it's the user's own machine that people are connecting to.