Edina police believe that the suspects aren’t choosing houses at random –they’re researching carefully prior to burglarizing them. The suspects are stealing jewelry, safes, and high-end merchandise.
“It’s believed the burglars are not violent and tend to choose unoccupied houses,” the police’s report reads.
At the city safety meeting on January 31st, residents warned about the burglars using WiFi jammers to impact security systems, especially surveillance cameras.
Many home security devices connect directly to the WiFi network or a smart home hub using radio frequencies such as 2.4 GHz. Their signal strength is limited and is susceptible to interference.
Jammers can overpower signals from security devices by sending a “loud” noise in the same range of frequencies. For receivers, it’s then impossible to distinguish between the genuine signals and the disruptive noise generated by the jammers.
The use of jammers in the United States is banned by the Federal Communications Commission
Source: Burglars using jammers to disable wireless smart home security | Cybernews
De-authing involves sending packets which disconnect devices from the network and is much easier than jamming.
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