ARLINGTON, Va.--Is the book on the Mac Wi-Fi hijack saga finally being closed?
David Maynor, chief technology officer at Errata Security, at the Black Hat DC event here on Wednesday broke the months-long silence on a controversial Mac hack. He also said he plans to publicly release computer code used in that attack.
Editors' note: This item was accidentally double-posted. Click here for more on Maynor's demo.
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