What the leak of German general’s conference call from Singapore hotel says about risks of public Wi-Fi networks

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What the leak of German general’s conference call from Singapore hotel says about risks of public Wi-Fi networks
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Last week, a Russian media outlet leaked an audio recording of a confidential conversation between a group of senior German military officials, one of whom was staying in a Singapore hotel during the biennial Singapore Airshow during the call. The call was wiretapped by Russian security services after the general used the hotel's public Wi-Fi network.

On March 1, Russia's state-run RT channel published a 38-minute-long audio recording in which German Air Force chief Ingo Gerhartz discussed highly sensitive military issues with three other high-ranking officials. Last week, a Russian media outlet leaked an audio recording of a confidential conversation between a group of senior German military officials, one of whom was staying in a Singapore hotel during the biennial Singapore Airshow during the call.

One of the officials, who is reportedly a general, had dialled into an online call on the web-conferencing platform Webex after using the wireless internet service provided by the hotel. The German authorities later established that the call was wiretapped by Russian security services

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