If you’re using free WiFi hotspots to connect to websites like Facebook, you had best be careful.
A number of politicians in Missouri appear to have learnt that lesson the hard way – with five people reporting that they have had their Facebook accounts hacked since the beginning of the year.
And suspicious minds are leaning towards the theory that hackers took advantage of a free, open wireless network to sidejack state representatives’ Facebook accounts and post mischievous messages such as
“I love lobbyist! All the free food and stuff you get. This job is awesome!”
Victims who had their Facebook accounts hacked in January included Democrat Stacey Newman and Republicans Donna Lichtenegger and Dave Schatz. Lichtenegger says that on the day a hacker posted an unauthorised message from her account, she had used the House’s free public WiFi.
She later posted an apology on Facebook about the message which claimed she loved free gifts from…
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