A Fake Wi‑Fi Network Appeared on a Plane. Then Delta Declared an In‑Flight Emergency.

A rogue network named “Delta WiFi Fast” prompted an in-flight investigation and federal scrutiny. An expert says there’s a simple reason why such in-flight attacks don’t happen more frequently.

BY MOSES JEANFRANCOIS, NEWS WRITER @MOSESJEANS

On Monday, a Delta Air Lines flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Atlanta, Georgia, was reportedly attacked by an unauthorized Wi-Fi network. At the time, the carrier was carrying a number of passengers who had attended the DEF CON hacker convention. 

A social media post theorized that........

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