Is an airplane "hackable?"
Apr 18, 2015 | 11:00 am
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Apr 18, 2015 | 6:47 pm
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Speaking of very unrealistic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buHaKYL9Jhg
Apr 19, 2015 | 9:19 am
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Nope, can't happen. As one of thee earlier posters mentioned aircraft systems are not "online". Even if someone was able to hack directly into the e and e bay compartment (avionics/electronic systems) which is below the cockpit, pilots are still able to bypass or disconnect the electronic systems and fly old school. The engine thrust levers on the newer aircraft are fly by wire instead of a direct cable link in the older models, however this system is fully isolated within the engine and isolated from all other equipment.
Apr 19, 2015 | 10:41 am
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Security researcher barred from UA flight after tweeting joke about hacking the plane:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...united-flight/
Interesting thing is that he has had no takers for his research from the avionics industry.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...united-flight/
Interesting thing is that he has had no takers for his research from the avionics industry.
Apr 19, 2015 | 1:24 pm
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Security researcher barred from UA flight after tweeting joke about hacking the plane:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...united-flight/
Interesting thing is that he has had no takers for his research from the avionics industry.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...united-flight/
Interesting thing is that he has had no takers for his research from the avionics industry.
Amazing overreaction (by the FBI and UA) to unsubstantiated claims by a "security researcher".
Apr 19, 2015 | 1:25 pm
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Security researcher barred from UA flight after tweeting joke about hacking the plane:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...united-flight/
Interesting thing is that he has had no takers for his research from the avionics industry.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...united-flight/
Interesting thing is that he has had no takers for his research from the avionics industry.
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.
Apr 19, 2015 | 1:26 pm
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https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/researc...--finance.html
Amazing overreaction (by the FBI and UA) to unsubstantiated claims by a "security researcher".
Amazing overreaction (by the FBI and UA) to unsubstantiated claims by a "security researcher".
There are better ways to get the attention of the aviation industry. Tweeting dumb things is not one of them.
Apr 19, 2015 | 5:19 pm
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From the article that you linked:
The Government Accountability Office said last week that some commercial aircraft may be vulnerable to hacking over their onboard wireless networks. "Modern aircraft are increasingly connected to the Internet. This interconnectedness can potentially provide unauthorized remote access to aircraft avionics systems," its report found.
Apr 19, 2015 | 6:01 pm
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The plane does not need to be connected to the Internet, while flying...
However command and navigational data is programmed in while on the ground.
Flight plans are also programmed in before departure.
Garbage in, can produce garbage..
Guess we could go to the needle and ball, and direct reckoning, and track the radio stations..
However command and navigational data is programmed in while on the ground.
Flight plans are also programmed in before departure.
Garbage in, can produce garbage..
Guess we could go to the needle and ball, and direct reckoning, and track the radio stations..
Apr 20, 2015 | 3:06 am
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UA and the FBI again overreacted by assuming that exchanges/communications about a hypothetical or realistic possibility to do XYZ is is the same thing as a real intent to do XYZ. It takes a paranoid and/or petty, little Napolelon type to conflate, or pretend to conflate, capability with intent.
Apr 20, 2015 | 3:09 am
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Apr 20, 2015 | 3:15 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
How so? If someone on my plane makes claims that they can hack my plane and trigger systems, I don't want them flying with me. Let them take a bus.
There are better ways to get the attention of the aviation industry. Tweeting dumb things is not one of them.
Ability/inability to do XYZ is not the same as willingness to do XYZ.
UA and the FBI again overreacted by assuming that exchanges/communications about a hypothetical or realistic possibility to do XYZ is is the same thing as a real intent to do XYZ. It takes a paranoid and/or petty, little Napolelon type to conflate, or pretend to conflate, capability with intent.
Originally Posted by ScottC
How so? If someone on my plane makes claims that they can hack my plane and trigger systems, I don't want them flying with me. Let them take a bus.
There are better ways to get the attention of the aviation industry. Tweeting dumb things is not one of them.
Ability/inability to do XYZ is not the same as willingness to do XYZ.
UA and the FBI again overreacted by assuming that exchanges/communications about a hypothetical or realistic possibility to do XYZ is is the same thing as a real intent to do XYZ. It takes a paranoid and/or petty, little Napolelon type to conflate, or pretend to conflate, capability with intent.
Apr 20, 2015 | 5:04 am
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Apr 20, 2015 | 8:46 am
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Apr 20, 2015 | 8:54 am
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Why don't you read the full GSA report and let us know?