Web attack knows where you live

One visit to a booby-trapped website could direct attackers to a person’s home, a security expert has shown.The attack, thought up by hacker Samy Kamkar, exploits shortcomings in many routers to find out a key identification number.It uses this number and widely available net tools to find out where a router is located.Demonstrating the attack, Mr Kamkar located one router to within nine metres of its real world position.
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