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Computer expert hacked into plane and made it fly sideways, according to FBI

3 points by lotsofmangos 11y ago

mattkrea 11y ago
It is unfortunate that this is going to just result in a criminal filing against him. While it was irresponsible, no one was hurt and reporting these vulnerabilities in the "appropriate" manner would likely result in the company trying to cover up the vulnerability citing some sort of DRM / trade secrets reasoning. For this reason I am glad that he did this.
ColinWright 11y ago
There are other sources of the same story - here are some. This one has significant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558615 Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways (aptn.ca) This one also has some discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9554841 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9554841 Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane (wired.com) Other submissions, there may be more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556690 Researcher may have adjusted airplane controls from in-flight entertainment-FBI (theverge.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558222 Security researcher claimed to hack, control plane in flight (engadget.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9560248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9560248 Hacker 'made plane climb' after taking control through in-flight system (telegraph.co.uk) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557418 Security researcher hacks plane mid-flight (arstechnica.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557796 FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to "climb" (securityaffairs.co) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555669 Hacker told FBI he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system (aptn.ca) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558411 Researcher hacks flight system of plane, making it climb (dailymail.co.uk)

3 points by lotsofmangos 11y ago

It is unfortunate that this is going to just result in a criminal filing against him. While it was irresponsible, no one was hurt and reporting these vulnerabilities in the "appropriate" manner would likely result in the company trying to cover up the vulnerability citing some sort of DRM / trade secrets reasoning. For this reason I am glad that he did this.

ColinWright 11y ago

There are other sources of the same story - here are some. This one has significant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558615 Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways (aptn.ca) This one also has some discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9554841 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9554841 Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane (wired.com) Other submissions, there may be more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556690 Researcher may have adjusted airplane controls from in-flight entertainment-FBI (theverge.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558222 Security researcher claimed to hack, control plane in flight (engadget.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9560248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9560248 Hacker 'made plane climb' after taking control through in-flight system (telegraph.co.uk) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557418 Security researcher hacks plane mid-flight (arstechnica.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9557796 FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to "climb" (securityaffairs.co) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555669 Hacker told FBI he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system (aptn.ca) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9558411 Researcher hacks flight system of plane, making it climb (dailymail.co.uk)