Hacking Public Wi-Fi DNS to Steal Credentials

Criminals are hacking into public Wi-Fi devices—at hotels, conference centers, and so on—around the world and changing their DNS settings. The goal is to redirect users to fake login pages and steal their credentials.

Tags: credentials, DNS, hacking, phishing, theft

Posted on August 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM • 1 Comments

Carl Fink • August 17, 2026 8:10 AM

Would that be compatible with https? Would the fake login page not have the wrong cert, if it even had SSL enabled? Or is the user meant not to notice a redirect from att.net to att.someotherdomain.net or something?