The KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability, explained like you’re five

Oct17

by Sindy Cator on October 17, 2017 at 5:51 pm

Yesterday, we learned about KRACK (or Key Reinstallation Attack) – a security flaw in the WPA2 protocol, which could see an adversary break the encryption between a router and a device, allowing them to intercept and interfere with network traffic. Or, more succinctly, shit’s fucked. But understanding the issue beyond glib remarks like “shit’s fucked” is tricky. This, obviously, is profoundly complicated stuff. To help clear things, I spoke to David Gorodansky, CEO of AnchorFree and HotspotShield, and asked him to explain KRACK like I was five. Step one, Gorodansky explained, was a hacker finds a network they want to breach…