Monday, October 6, 2014

Penalty for wifi sabotaging hotel – Telegraaf.nl

brand Marriott should be a fine of $ 600,000 (about 480,000 Euros ) pay due to the sabotage of Wi-Fi signals, which his own expensive hotspots have been imposed on guests. The fine was imposed by the American telecom regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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In one of the hotels of Marrionett were called” de-authentication packets’ output, which ensured that guests could not use it as a wifi hotspot. their own devices If they wanted to internet in the conference rooms, there was no other option but to pay. $ 15 per day So they got access to the Wi-Fi network of the hotel itself. It Marrionett charged up to $ 1,000 extra per connected device.

According to the FCC, it is “unacceptable” that a hotel imposes its own hotspots while personal hotspots guests actively sabotaging. Although Marriott iin voted to pay the fine, let the chain know to be aware of. No harm Marriott acted in this way to stop connecting to unsecured hotspots. Their guests Thus they were protected against possible cyber attacks, says the company

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