Information Hackers can steal through hacking Public WI-FI Networks
Many risks come with connecting a device to a public Wi-Fi network. Goldsborough (2015) found that hackers can steal your personal information that nobody should know that protects your identity such as passwords for your bank information and SSN. Some of those other risks involved with using Public Wi-Fi networks are that hackers can use evil twins and man-in-the-middle attacks. Man-in-the-Middle is the biggest danger to devices connected to public Wi-Fi networks. It is when a hacker is secretly eavesdropping communication between two parties and steals the information particularly logon credentials and personal information (Farhoud, 2016). According to (Sanger & Barnes, 2021), the other danger of public Wi-Fi use is the presence of evil twins. An evil twin is a rogue network that a hacker uses to pretend to be from established places to catch the information of the people who connect their devices to that Wi-Fi. If a hacker can get access to one device it can collect information about several other one’s on the same network (Hillebrand, 2016). They can also tamper with any information a person sends over a public Wi-Fi network (Farhoud, 2016). For example, as Hern (2017) observes other people that are using the same network as you can observe everything you see and send while you are connected to a public Wi-Fi network. Many people willingly wouldn't want others to see what they are looking at or whom they are communicating with over the internet as that invades their privacy. Yet without a blink of an eye they would join a network they have no knowledge about and that is concerning. Not only can Hackers see everything you do over public Wi-Fi networks they can also record all the information you plug in your devices and have them for later use. However, there are precautionary things people can do to protect themselves before being caused any harm. Some ways to protect your personal information is to use a VPN, data, and secure websites (“How To Safely Use Public Wi-Fi Networks.”, 2021).