BLUE BAG SECURITY SUITCASE | PR CAMPAIGN
THE CLIENT
F-SECURE
THE PURPOSE
Awareness campaign on the risks of smartphone hacking via Bluetooth.
THE PROJECT
Engineering the Blue Bag, a wheeled travel bag containing a system for “intercepting” Bluetooth devices within a radius of 150 metres. The experiment was conducted in crowded areas of Milan such as the Politecnico di Milano and the Milano Centrale railway station to assess the potential damage that an attacker – or even an unsuspecting user with an infected device – could cause.
In just 7 days, 1405 mobile phones were identified with Bluetooth active and in visible mode – potential targets for attacks, therefore. With the results of the field survey, a report on the risks of mobile phone security breaches was created and circulated to the media.