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This reporting comes on the heels of an GAO study on hijacking airliners. It is not clear why the Congress ordered a study on hacking airliners, though there's
by xnull2guest 11y ago
This reporting comes on the heels of an GAO study on hijacking airliners. It is not clear why the Congress ordered a study on hacking airliners, though there's a long list of things (MH flights, Carter's claims of a 'cyber Pearl Harbor') that some people might speculate over.
Does anyone know the impetus behind the study?
- VonGuard 11y agoProbably part of a larger security initiative with money to pay for studies. I'd wager there's a Congressional committee tasked with writing policy to secure critical infrastructure like power plants and such. After 9/11, you can bet planes and FAA systems would be a part of this.
- xnull2guest 11y agoThere are definitely security initiatives like this, there have been since before 9/11 (and an uptick afterwards), but it is unusual for the Congress to be involved or to demand a study.