$125 is all it would cost a hacker to crack your WPA3 password, researchers say

$125 is all it would cost a hacker to crack your WPA3 password, researchers say

5 years ago
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https://www.pcgamer.com/dollar125-is-all-it-would-cost-a-hacker-to-crack-your-wpa3-password-researchers-say/

Security researchers say they have discovered several flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) protocol that could allow an attacker to crack a user's password and ultimately access encrypted traffic. What's equally disturbing is that it can supposedly be done relatively fast and cheap.

WPA3 was designed in part to address a major vulnerability in WPA2 (and WPA) that had been widely used to protect wireless networks at home and in some workplaces. That specific flaw, dubbed KRACK—Key Reinstallation Attack—could allow an attacker to snoop on what is supposed to be encrypted traffic between computers and wireless access points.