Airport Wi-Fi Impersonation Incident Register

PROBLEM: Airports are the prime evil-twin hunting ground: crowds, urgency, and free Wi-Fi everyone trusts. The Clapsis case ran fake networks at Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide airports and on domestic flights for years, collecting thousands of intimate images and credentials, and was caught only because airline staff noticed a suspicious network during a flight. There is no standing register of airport Wi-Fi impersonation incidents, so each airport learns about the threat only when it happens to its own passengers.

SOLUTION: An airport Wi-Fi impersonation incident register: every confirmed fake airport network published with airport, dates, and SSID; every in-flight impersonation logged with flight and carrier; every incident tied to its law-enforcement outcome — so an attack pattern seen in one airport is known in all of them before the next flight boards.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — Clapsis case: fake free Wi-Fi at Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide airports and on domestic flights; arrested Apr 2024 after airline staff noticed a suspicious network; sentenced Nov 28, 2025, 7 years 4 months; AFP Commander Renee Colley warned the public about free-Wi-Fi risks. Sources: Australian Computer Society; Infosecurity Magazine.