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Don't know if this is even more worrisome. FBI and Boeing denying any threat. Either the guy is/was delusional and his 15 min of fame (like mentioned below) b
by bornabox 11y ago
Don't know if this is even more worrisome.
FBI and Boeing denying any threat.
Either the guy is/was delusional and his 15 min of fame (like mentioned below) blew up in his face, or the systems are vulnerable and it's being downplayed (while hopefully it's being fixed).
At this point though, it's difficult to trust FBI and a corporation that has a lot to loose...
I think Boeing needs to bring in independent researchers and let them loose on some planes on the ground, either proving or disproving this whole debacle...
- santosha 11y agoUm, the 'statement' they issued was in an email response to the journalists. These guys reached out, and they responded, presumably with some vanilla message about how it was all poppy-cock. If they hadn't bothered to respond, you'd have gotten the same article except with "Boeing and Airbus have not been available for comment", making it just as awkward. There is no good way out for them.
- userbinator 11y ago"Both Boeing Co. and Airbus Group NV, the world’s largest makers of commercial airplanes, have issued statements questioning Roberts’s claims." Note that they didn't actually deny it completely. To me, this says they either don't want to say "it's impossible" for fear of liability, or that they know there are some holes and don't want to talk about it. Also, comparing what the two companies said is interesting: I prefer Boeing's rather direct "they are isolated" response and find it far more reassuring in comparison to Airbus' wordy and vague statement.