A team of experts hacked three UK politicians while they were using unsecured WiFi networks to demonstrate the risks they are daily exposed. The three politicians admitted to using regularly open WiFi networks, but confirmed to havent received any specific training to mitigate the risks. Public Wi-Fi is inherently insecure: usernames and passwords are shown in plain text in the back of a Wi-FI access point, making them simple for a hacker to steal. Mary Honeyball MEP was hacked while surfing in an Internet in a caf, the attackers sent to the victim a message seemingly from Facebook which invited her to log back into her Facebook account.”]
Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/38510/cyber-crime/3-uk-politicians-hacked-wifi.html