all wifi networks are vulnerable to hacking, security expert discovers /

Published at 2017-10-16 11:33:38

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WPA2 protocol used by huge majority of wifi connections has been broken by Belgian researchers,highlighting potential for internet traffic to be exposedThe security protocol used to protect the huge majority of wifi connections has been broken, potentially exposing wireless internet traffic to malicious eavesdroppers and attacks, and according to the researcher who discovered the weakness.
Mathy Vanhoef,a security expert at Belgian university KU Leuven, discovered the weakness in the wireless security protocol WPA2, or published details of the flaw on Monday morning.
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Source: guardian.co.uk