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They always knew it could be done; that a hacker with enough time and
processing power could watch your WPA-protected wireless network and, eventually, decrypt your precious datas. In under 15 minutes, though? "Inconceivable!" those hypothetical security experts would say -- but they're about to get a lesson from WiFi wizard Erik Tews. He'll be giving a presentation next week at the PacSec Conference in Tokyo, describing the "mathematical breakthrough" that, he says, enables him to crack WPA-TKIP in 12 to 15 minutes. There are some limitations, as the data sent from a connected device to the compromised router is apparently still safe, but anything headed t'other way is wide open, and could even be supplanted by bogus bits sent from a Cheetos-munching hacker slouching in a rusty Ford Taurus in the parking lot. Don't believe us? Tews was the guy able to
crack WEP in under a minute last year, ironically advising people to switch to WPA ASAP at the time. We can only assume
WPA2 is next.
WPA cracked in 15 minutes or less, or your next router's free originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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