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Has a flight ever been brought down through a cyberattack? I've heard a lot of concern over that over the years, but (thank goodness) I don't recall any news of

Has a flight ever been brought down through a cyberattack? I've heard a lot of concern over that over the years, but (thank goodness) I don't recall any news of an actual flight being brought down.

tjoff 8y ago
It has already been demonstrated non-self-driving cars. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33650491 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33650491
gamblor956 8y ago
Pilots have the ability to manually disengage airplane autopilots, and more importantly the time to do so (on the order of minutes). It's very different in a car, where the difference between life and death can be a split-second reaction.
mrguyorama 8y ago
The difference is the massive amounts of regulations concerning flight systems.
3pt14159 8y ago
There are multiple safeguards for planes that don't work for self-driving cars. First, they're not physically inspectable by every Tom, Dick, and Harry. This means it's easier to obscure interfaces and other potential areas of attack. Not state-actor proof, but probably ISIS-proof. Second, they only get software updates while parked at an airport, so it makes MITM attacks harder (though not impossible). Third, they're in the air where death isn't a sudden movement away. Pilots can override the system and fly it manually. Fourth, they're heavily monitored with errant flightpaths reported to militaries around the world (to stop another 9/11). We have none of these safeguards for self-driving cars and there are going to be hundreds of millions of them.
goodmachine 8y ago
Not in-flight as far as we know, but a Boeing 757 was hacked in a proof of concept attack on the tarmac quite recently https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3020901/dhs-team-manages-to-hack-boeing-757 https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3020901/dhs-team-manage...

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Has a flight ever been brought down through a cyberattack? I've heard a lot of concern over that over the years, but (thank goodness) I don't recall any news of

by 27182818284 8y ago

Has a flight ever been brought down through a cyberattack? I've heard a lot of concern over that over the years, but (thank goodness) I don't recall any news of an actual flight being brought down.

tjoff 8y ago
It has already been demonstrated non-self-driving cars. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33650491 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33650491
gamblor956 8y ago
Pilots have the ability to manually disengage airplane autopilots, and more importantly the time to do so (on the order of minutes). It's very different in a car, where the difference between life and death can be a split-second reaction.
mrguyorama 8y ago
The difference is the massive amounts of regulations concerning flight systems.
3pt14159 8y ago
There are multiple safeguards for planes that don't work for self-driving cars. First, they're not physically inspectable by every Tom, Dick, and Harry. This means it's easier to obscure interfaces and other potential areas of attack. Not state-actor proof, but probably ISIS-proof. Second, they only get software updates while parked at an airport, so it makes MITM attacks harder (though not impossible). Third, they're in the air where death isn't a sudden movement away. Pilots can override the system and fly it manually. Fourth, they're heavily monitored with errant flightpaths reported to militaries around the world (to stop another 9/11). We have none of these safeguards for self-driving cars and there are going to be hundreds of millions of them.
goodmachine 8y ago
Not in-flight as far as we know, but a Boeing 757 was hacked in a proof of concept attack on the tarmac quite recently https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3020901/dhs-team-manages-to-hack-boeing-757 https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3020901/dhs-team-manage...