The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft’s legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson.
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Wonder if it really was really full blown traffic analyzer or if someone just proxied the real WiFi signal so people could access it for free
£10 says it was a skiddie with an ESP32
More detail: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/delta-probes-wi-fi-deauth-attack-on-flight-carrying-def-con-attendees/
Of note: They weren’t simply running a second AP that the airline didn’t like. (Which should not be a crime.) They were spoofing messages from the original AP to get clients to disconnect, hoping to encourage connection to a similarly-named SSID.