An unapologetic history of plane hacking: Beyond the hype and hysteria

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-practical-history-of-plane-hacking-beyond-the-hype-and-hysteria/

By Violet Blue
Zero Day
May 21, 2015

Headlines and infosec pros alike have been going mental over security 
researcher Chris Roberts' alleged mid-flight hacking of a commercial 
airplane, and his subsequent detainment by the FBI in April.

Things got hysterical last weekend when a month-old FBI search warrant 
application surfaced in headlines hyping the FBI's belief that Roberts 
tried to fly the plane by hacking in through the in-flight entertainment 
system.

It remains to be seen whether or not a hacker can make a 747 "do a barrel 
roll" a la the maddeningly impossible fantasies of CSI Cyber.

But as a result, the world is openly wondering whether there's truth to 
the assurances from manufacturers and officials that aviation systems are 
as secure as claimed -- and if the warnings of information security 
professionals are going ignored.

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