http://www.kvue.com/news/APD-conductiong-Operation-Warfare-to-keep-internet-users-safe-130218768.html kvue.com September 22, 2011 AUSTIN -- Police have postponed "Operation Wardrive" while members of APD’s Digital Analysis Response Team (DART) work on details of the operation. The operation was scheduled to take place on Thursday as an effort to educate the public about securing their wireless Internet connections. DART unit members were to make contact with residents who have open wireless connections and teach them the importance of securing them. APD says wireless devices will be used to find the open networks. They say most manufacturers of wireless routers ship their devices with the wireless network unsecured by default, which leaves people at risk. They warn that Internet users who fail to secure their network are at risk of someone else using it or hacking into personal information. [...] _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Fri Sep 23 2011 - 02:49:01 PDT
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