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This seems like an egregiously fearmongering article. Notice that it never actually says what the hackers accomplished, what controls they were able to access,

This seems like an egregiously fearmongering article. Notice that it never actually says what the hackers accomplished, what controls they were able to access, or what impact it would have. All it says is they they accomplished "a penetration", and a really vague sentence saying "you can guess what we did" (aka: we want people to assume the worst even though that may not be the case). We've known for awhile that avionic systems are vulnerable. Anyone working in the cyber space that has half a brain will tell you that any system can be hacked, and there's no reason to think that airplanes are the exception. However, there's no reason to believe that any airplanes are currently in any danger. Modern aircraft do not have any systems that allow "remote control" of the aircraft. It's not like a hacker could use an RF penetration to shut down engines or cause a plane to crash into a mountain. The worst I can imagine them doing is confusing the navigation system or impersonating air traffic controllers, but at that point the pilots in the cockpit would still be able to safely fly the plane without issue.

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ringaroundthetx 9y ago
"Thank you for having me senators, we were able to maintain a .... presence ... on the aircraft remotely." Later that day "l33t h4xx0r buxx for ODNI, Shadowbrokered the sht out of Congress w00t w00t" really guys thats what just happened, this is how they get down in intelligence
PeachPlum 9y ago
Boeing keep repeating the same mistakes "There are places where the networks are not touching, and there are places where they are" - Boeing's Lori Gunter 2015: Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-... Seven years after the Federal Aviation Administration first warned Boeing that its new Dreamliner aircraft had a Wi-Fi design that made it vulnerable to hacking, a new government report suggests the passenger jets might still be vulnerable.
ENOTTY 9y ago
> Anyone working in the cyber space that has half a brain will tell you that any system can be hacked, and there's no reason to think that airplanes are the exception. This is an overly simplistic view of the world. We should expect that airplanes are more resilient to being compromised than your average system produced by a consumer-focused tech company. The standards of assurance for aviation related software is far higher than most other areas, thanks to extremely tight regulation. That's not to say aviation software is bulletproof.

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ringaroundthetx 9y ago

"Thank you for having me senators, we were able to maintain a .... presence ... on the aircraft remotely." Later that day "l33t h4xx0r buxx for ODNI, Shadowbrokered the sht out of Congress w00t w00t" really guys thats what just happened, this is how they get down in intelligence

PeachPlum 9y ago

Boeing keep repeating the same mistakes "There are places where the networks are not touching, and there are places where they are" - Boeing's Lori Gunter 2015: Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-... Seven years after the Federal Aviation Administration first warned Boeing that its new Dreamliner aircraft had a Wi-Fi design that made it vulnerable to hacking, a new government report suggests the passenger jets might still be vulnerable.

ENOTTY 9y ago

> Anyone working in the cyber space that has half a brain will tell you that any system can be hacked, and there's no reason to think that airplanes are the exception. This is an overly simplistic view of the world. We should expect that airplanes are more resilient to being compromised than your average system produced by a consumer-focused tech company. The standards of assurance for aviation related software is far higher than most other areas, thanks to extremely tight regulation. That's not to say aviation software is bulletproof.