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⚡️✈️ NEW - Delta confirms an unauthorised Wi-Fi network appeared aboard flight DL591 from Las Vegas to Atlanta on 10 August, carrying passengers home from DEF CON 34. Attackers were possibly using a WiFi Pineapple in flight.
Crew ACARS messages, intercepted by ground receivers, warned corporate security of a "scam wifi called Delta Wifi Fast" targeting other passengers.
Delta says nothing was hacked. Crew killed the Wi-Fi for 30 minutes.
Published at
2026-08-12 05:42:08 UTCEvent JSON
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