FBI ISSUES WARNING REGARDING A NEW
HACKING VULNERABILITY TO WIRELESS NETWORKS
Birmingham – Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Carmen S. Adams of the Birmingham Division of the FBI, is warning the public about a new hacking vulnerability to wireless networks. Information uncovered by the FBI and the Birmingham InfraGard chapter have revealed that the most commonly used wireless encryption, Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP), may potentially be compromised within a matter of only a few seconds.
The FBI is suggesting that wireless network owners take a few minutes to change their wireless security from WEP to a more secure protocol, such as WPA2, TKIP or AES, which are far more secure, especially in light of this new information. The techniques for doing so should be easily accessible on the website of your wireless router manufacturer.
InfraGard is a FBI program that began as a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI’s investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program expanded to all FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI assigned national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in 2003. InfraGard and the FBI have developed a relationship of trust and credibility in the exchange of information concerning various terrorism, intelligence, criminal, and security matters
If you believe your network has been compromised, please contact the FBI at
(205) 326-6166.
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