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Hacker 'threat' to NI business
Wednesday, 03 December 2003, 15:50 GMT

Businesses using wireless computer networks in Northern Ireland are leaving themselves wide open to hackers, a computer expert has warned. University of Ulster lecturer Kevin Curran warned that lack of network security among many companies could allow hackers to connect to their systems, surfing the net for free, or even accessing confidential business information. He said he and a colleague were able to penetrate 15 company networks in Londonderry in one afternoon and discovered another five which could have been hacked with little effort.

Mr Curran, who lectures at the School of Computing and Intelligent Systems at the University's Magee campus, said he and a colleague used relatively cheap equipment to connect up to the companies' wireless networks.

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