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What do you think would happen if someone planted cryptolocker-inspired malware on a planes avionics suite and denies it's use to the flight crew? Especially on
by Godel_unicode 11y ago
What do you think would happen if someone planted cryptolocker-inspired malware on a planes avionics suite and denies it's use to the flight crew? Especially one of the newer models which are exclusively fly-by-wire?
- nitrogen 11y agoRidiculous hypotheticals neither enlighten nor inform this discussion.
- Godel_unicode 11y agoWhy is that a ridiculous hypothetical, but "omg they'll decrypt everyone's phones" isn't?
- nitrogen 11y agoBecause one comes from Hollywood-style make believe, and the other comes straight from the government's spokespeople?
- Godel_unicode 11y agoIt's happened to power plants and hospitals. You might want to recalibrate your idea of what is realistic and what is hyperbolic.
- nitrogen 11y agoCryptolocker attacks have very little to do ideologically with encryption; it's a side show to the main event, the fact that networks are vulnerable to infiltration. Those attacks could happen with or without encryption in the malware, but could be reduced in frequency and severity by using strong systems with strong encryption on the victims' side. The airplane bit is where the scenario goes completely off the rails wrt encryption's involvement, but again, using encryption and strong security on the airplane's systems would reduce or eliminate the risk.
- icebraining 11y agoEven in that ridiculous hypothetical, the encryption isn't doing anything, the malware couldn't simply delete the data.
- JetSpiegel 11y agoBoeing would get extra million dollars in support contracts.