East Africa: Over 20 Percent of Wi-Fi Hot-Spots in FIFA World Cup 2018 Host Cities Have Cybersecurity Issues

7,176 of approximately 32,000 public Wi-Fi networks in FIFA World Cup 2018 host cities do not use traffic encryption, making them potentially unsafe for use by football fans visiting the cities.

This is according to Kaspersky Lab research whose findings have pointed out that during global events the result of a concentration of people connecting to networks to upload posts, stay in touch with loved ones, and share the fun with others usually leaves room for cybercrimes.

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