Remotely Hijacking an Aircraft

[Nytro]

[h=3]Remotely Hijacking an Aircraft[/h]

There is a lot of buzz on the Internet about a talk at the Hack-in-the Box conference by Hugo Teso, who claims he can hack in to remotely control an airplane's avionics. He even wrote an Android app to do it.

I honestly can't tell how real this is, and how much of it is the unique configuration of simulators he tested this on. On the one hand, it can't possibly be true that an aircraft avionics computer accepts outside commands. On the other hand, we've seen lots of security vulnerabilities that seem impossible to be true. Right now, I'm skeptical.

EDITED TO ADD (4/12): Three good refutations.

Sursa: Schneier on Security: Remotely Hijacking an Aircraft

[wildchild]

Bullshit!

Adic? e posibil, îns? trebuie elimina?i pilo?ii din ecua?ie altfel reac?ioneaz? imediat la schimb?ri. Dezactivezi pilotul automat ?i nu te mai bazezi pe FMC. Într-adev?r, prostia const? în faptul c? nu sunt encriptate mesajele transmise prin ACARS, la fel ?i alte informa?ii private.