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Incident of the Week: Russian Company Proves That WiFi/Wireless Networks No Longer Secure

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd., a Moscow-based software company, has announced that its software can unlock wireless networks using a PC fitted with a high-end consumer graphics cards. This software would appear to allow anyone to intercept internet traffic over wireless networks encrypted using common encryption algorithms. The easy availability of this software may mean that companies using WiFi/wireless networks may need to take additional security steps to comply with information security rules in the U.S. and Europe.