Thefts via public Wi-Fi are grounds for warning
Sunday, March 9, 2014 - 02:31
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —If you are basking in the convenience of doing an online bank transfer at a coffee house while spooning the cream off a designer special, consider the tradeoff, which is placing your personal data at risk. Also consider yourself warned by none other than a high-level officer at Europol. Free Wi-Fi hotspots pose data risks. That was the warning recently voiced by cybercrime officer Troels Oerting, head of the cybercrime center at Europol. He spoke to the BBC. He noted a growing number of attacks being carried out via public Wi-Fi. Europol, the European Union's laws enforcement agency, is assisting several member states who had seen attacks carried out on networks.