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sure who or what you’re connecting to. 11Through very basic hacking mechanisms, ahacker can connect to your Wi-Fi account and access confidential data.(a)The Dangers of Wi-Fi: Dark Hotel.As a recent example of the dangers of Wi-Fi, according to a recent report by KasperskyLab, executives traveling from the United States and Asia have been targeted by anelite spy ring which has tricked CEOs, senior vice presidents, sales and marketingdirectors, and top research and development staff into installing software through hotelWi-Fi networks. 12After the executive checks in, the spy ring detects him on thecompromised network using widely available hacking tools and tricks him intodownloading and installing what appears to be a necessary update for legitimatesoftware such as Google Toolbar, Adobe Flash or Windows Messenger. 13Theexecutive downloads this “update” and infects his machine with Dark Hotel, a backdoorspying software. The hackers can then access passwords, login credentials, and otherprivate information, including intellectual property of the victim’s company. 1411 Kurt Marko, Public Hotspots Are a Privacy and Security Minefield: Shield Yourself (May 18, 2014 8:45p.m.), http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtmarko/2014/05/18/hotspot-security-part1/ (last visited Jan. 13,2015).12 Kapersky, Kaspersky Lab sheds light on “Dark Hotels”, where business executives fall prey to an elitespying crew (Nov. 10, 2014), http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2014/Kaspersky-Lab-shedslight-on-DarkHotels-where-business-executives-fall-prey-to-an-elite-spying-crew (last visited Jan. 13,2015).13 Id.14 Id.March 6, 2015 8 © 3-6-2015 ALFA International Business Litigation P.G.