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Did you read the part of the article that says, > gather information about the onboard computer as well as to exploit its vulnerabilities by delivering spoofed
by wyck 14y ago
Did you read the part of the article that says,
> gather information about the onboard computer as well as to exploit its vulnerabilities by delivering spoofed malicious messages that affect the "behavior" of the plane.
Being able to control the flight management system, which as you probably know controls much of the automation in a plane including the flight path and position sounds pretty dire. Also sending false data to a plane/pilots poses a security threat in of itself without taking over the FMS.
- steven777400 14y agoBut that's the question: How? The spoofed messages is easy to believe, but these message systems (ADS-B and ACARS) do not interface with the FMS and thus an attacker should not be able to take over the FMS in this way. So some critical piece of information is missing.
- jccooper 14y ago...perhaps intentionally. Which would be a responsible thing to do.