SSID as terrorist attack
2016-05-06 17:52:02.819221+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Wi-Fi hotspot named 'detonation device' causes bomb scare at Melbourne airport.
An estimated fifty passengers – about half of those on board – opted to take a different flight.
The ESP8266 WiFi module is, what, $3.50 in relatively small quantities off of eBay? I haven't thought through what it'd cost to tie those to a lithium battery and clock them to all wake up and broadcast an SSID at the same time, say with maybe a month or two delay to get enough of them placed to make a real difference, but that's some serious attack amplification.