That was FUD[1] spread by Chris Roberts who has been called out for it. He claimed he was able to issue climb commands from the IFE to the CAN bus. Apart from

That was FUD[1] spread by Chris Roberts who has been called out for it. He claimed he was able to issue climb commands from the IFE to the CAN bus. Apart from this being technologically impossible, if he would have really done it he would have been charged for endangering an aircraft and prosecuted. (So the only explanation why he isn't in prison is that it didn't happen). The technical reason is Data diodes are common in aviation to separate IFE and CAN bus or position data. (e.g in the ARINC) [1] https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/a-pen-testers-first-solo-aviation-security-101/ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/a-pen-testers-...