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From the article: "He was surprised to discover a fully unprotected server on Boeing's network, seemingly full of code designed to run on the company's giant 73
by draugadrotten 7y ago
From the article: "He was surprised to discover a fully unprotected server on Boeing's network, seemingly full of code designed to run on the company's giant 737 and 787 passenger jets, left publicly accessible and open to anyone who found it. So he downloaded everything he could see."
Is that even legal? Will he ever be allowed to cross the US border after admitting this?
- ramimac 7y agoI'm surprised that IOActive backed him up on this, seems like it's treading a line that businesses normally are very conservative around. I very much expected him to be unaffiliated with a large organization after reading that.
- FDSGSG 7y agoProbably depends entirely on how annoyed Boeing are.
- SkyBelow 7y ago>Is that even legal? Generally no. There is a difference between being unprotected and being open to the public. While in some cases a person can claim to not have known and proving mens rea for such a crime is much harder than if it was protected and the protection had to be bypassed, it isn't impossible. Such laws are selectively enforced, but being this is Boeing, you can expect it will be enforced on their behalf if they have any desire for it to be (given the current PR issues and the impact this might have, they might let this one go, at least for the time being).
- scandox 7y agoIsn't this in itself a big story? How the hell are they being so lax with their source code?