Key quotes? "among other things, he exposed the fact that a number of aviation and aircraft systems have no security in place."
"Once in, he demonstrated how it was possible to manipulate the steering of a Boeing jet while it was in autopilot mode."
"A pilot could thwart an attack by taking the plane out of autopilot although he pointed out that several newer systems no longer include manual controls."
Scary. Especially when I remember that at least one Airbus crash apparently happened because the pilot didn't put the computer in the right "mode", so that even though he did all the right things with the controls the computer overrode his inputs.
I "think"... :-D
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note (but germane to your posts about vulnerable tech in cars/etc.), I just found this story on Google News.
ReplyDeleteHacker demonstrates how to hijack an airplane using an Android app.
Key quotes?
"among other things, he exposed the fact that a number of aviation and aircraft systems have no security in place."
"Once in, he demonstrated how it was possible to manipulate the steering of a Boeing jet while it was in autopilot mode."
"A pilot could thwart an attack by taking the plane out of autopilot although he pointed out that several newer systems no longer include manual controls."
Scary. Especially when I remember that at least one Airbus crash apparently happened because the pilot didn't put the computer in the right "mode", so that even though he did all the right things with the controls the computer overrode his inputs.
I was able to get the full version of that cartoon with no problems. At work, not using my FB account.
ReplyDeleteYou should be able to.
The sign in the first one should read, " If you are here, bend over and kiss your ass goodbye."
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