An empty Pringles tube is all wireless hackers need Security experts have demonstrated that even an empty Pringles tin can be used to help hackers break into insecure wireless networks. Wireless hacking and 'war driving' has been a focus point in . . .
An empty Pringles tube is all wireless hackers need Security experts have demonstrated that even an empty Pringles tin can be used to help hackers break into insecure wireless networks. Wireless hacking and 'war driving' has been a focus point in the security community for well over a year now, with innumerable experts warning that a wireless network opens a huge back door into systems.It has been a well documented fact that armed with a wireless-equipped laptop and antenna, hackers have no shortage of victims around London.

But security firm I-sec recently demonstrated that using an empty Pringles tube as an antenna could boost the hacker's chance of picking up a wireless signal by as much as 15 per cent.

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