'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'

ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking.

In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive director for strategy and regulation, said a test carried out by the ISP found a high percentage of domestic wi-fi connections are at risk from hacking.

As a result, Heaney said, millions of people could potentially have their connections hijacked by hackers for the purposes of illegal file-sharing and could therefore risk having their internet access cut off unfairly.

For more, see ISP: Wi-Fi test shows flaw in file-sharing crackdown on ZDNet UK.