APD postpones "Operation Wardrive"

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http://www.kvue.com/news/APD-conductiong-Operation-Warfare-to-keep-internet-users-safe-130218768.html

kvue.com
September 22, 2011

AUSTIN -- Police have postponed "Operation Wardrive" while members of 
APD’s Digital Analysis Response Team (DART) work on details of the 
operation.

The operation was scheduled to take place on Thursday as an effort to 
educate the public about securing their wireless Internet connections. 
DART unit members were to make contact with residents who have open 
wireless connections and teach them the importance of securing them.

APD says wireless devices will be used to find the open networks. They 
say most manufacturers of wireless routers ship their devices with the 
wireless network unsecured by default, which leaves people at risk. They 
warn that Internet users who fail to secure their network are at risk of 
someone else using it or hacking into personal information.

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