From Fox13News:
Anytime you’ve traveled, you’ve probably connected to free Wi-Fi at airports or coffee shops. Cyber experts said next time think twice before you do, because there could be hackers waiting to steal your information.
The Florida Attorney General is now warning against what’s called the “evil twin” scam. For example, most smartphones remember Wi-Fi networks, so when someone is back at the airport and their Wi-Fi is on their phone, it will automatically connect to the airport network it remembers. But as Mongeluzo explained, hackers are creating their own Wi-Fi hot spots with the same name as public Wi-Fi networks, effectively tricking phones into thinking the phone is connecting to a previous network when it’s actually hooking up to a scammer’s network.