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mattrgee · 30-10-2009, 17:59

What they did was very simple and is known as a 'man in the middle attack' or MITM. The attackers laptop pretended to be the default gateway of the wireless network using ARP poisoning, they then captured the packets from the targets laptop and extracted the passwords.

They stopped the guy getting back into his account by killing his internet connection, again using ARP poisoning.

Technically, not that clever but good for TV.

30-10-2009, 17:59	#20
mattrgee Inactive Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog) What they did was very simple and is known as a 'man in the middle attack' or MITM. The attackers laptop pretended to be the default gateway of the wireless network using ARP poisoning, they then captured the packets from the targets laptop and extracted the passwords. They stopped the guy getting back into his account by killing his internet connection, again using ARP poisoning. Technically, not that clever but good for TV.