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Just caught my neighbor's wifi being spoofed in my apartment building
I was sitting in my living room in Seattle last night trying to stream a show and my laptop suddenly popped up a fake login page for my router that looked super legit but had a typo in the URL. Turns out someone in my building set up a rogue access point with the same name as the building wifi to steal passwords. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of phishing attack in an apartment complex and how did you report it without making enemies?
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robinf511mo ago
Taylor.hayden missing the point big time here. This isn't just about getting your Netflix interrupted, the real issue nobody brought up is that a spoofed wifi in a shared building could let someone intercept things like rent payments or medical portal logins if people use the building wifi for that stuff. Your whole building's internet traffic could be getting logged right now by whoever set that thing up, not just passwords. The smart move is to leave an anonymous note under every door warning folks to check the URL carefully, that way everyone gets a heads up without you having to throw any specific neighbor under the bus.
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ray_campbell461mo ago
Can't believe nobody mentioned this sooner. People are acting like it's just about getting your Netflix hijacked but that's the tip of the iceberg. If someone's running a spoofed network they could be grabbing credit card numbers or bank logins without anyone even noticing. Leaving anonymous notes under doors is the smartest play here. Keeps you out of drama and gives everyone a chance to protect themselves.
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