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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Do you really think they don't have their own people? Tweeting "I'm going to hack the IFE box and turn on the Passenger oxygen" doesn't make you an expert. It makes you an idiot.

If he had meaningful experience in this space, I'm sure Boeing or Airbus would have hired him ages ago.

There are a lot of these people out there. Last year we had the same thing, when someone claimed they could have the IFEC satcom systems, but when he was on stage at the event, it turns out all of his crazy claims were just theoretical, and he actually had no idea what he was talking about.
It's sad what some people will do to get their 15 minutes of fame. I suspect this guy couldn't even hack his home router...
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