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DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
FBI Atlanta is investigating a fake in-flight Wi-Fi hotspot attack on a Delta flight, with DEF CON attendees suspected and no arrests made.
FBI Atlanta confirmed it is investigating an attack involving a rogue Wi-Fi hotspot used against a Delta flight. The timing and technique led to speculation that DEF CON attendees were involved. No arrests have been made, and details about affected victims remain limited.
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Project noRecognition: Teaching AI to Fool Surveillance Cameras
Security researcher Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project uses 31 million tested patterns to defeat license plate reader and surveillance camera AI detection.
Kansas City researcher Bill Swearingen built noRecognition, using reinforcement learning across roughly 31 million tests to generate printed patterns that break the detection layer of license plate readers and surveillance cameras. The strongest validated result achieved 61.7% non-detection against a detector taken from a real deployed camera, though most headline figures remain digital simulations. At DEF CON he covered a 2009 Toyota Yaris in a new pattern and reported it effective against a Flock Safety camera, with curved wheels the main weak point. He is crowdfunding apparel products and withholding his best patterns to prevent camera makers from blocking them.
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DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching
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Delta investigates in-flight Wi-Fi spoofing on post
A passenger on Delta flight 591 allegedly spoofed the airline's in-flight Wi-Fi with a rogue access point, prompting an FBI and FAA investigation.
Delta Airlines is investigating an incident on flight 591 from Las Vegas to Atlanta in which a passenger reportedly created a rogue Wi-Fi network named 'Delta WiFi Fast' to steal sensitive passenger data. The cabin crew deactivated the aircraft's Wi-Fi for roughly 30 minutes, and Delta says flight safety and aircraft operating systems were never affected. The FBI's Atlanta office and the FAA acknowledged awareness of the incident, which bears hallmarks of an evil twin attack involving spoofed login portals and credential harvesting. DEF CON organizers said this year's conference in Las Vegas also suffered multiple similar deauthentication Wi-Fi attacks.
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