 Security expert says he hacked into aircraft controls through entertainment system A security researcher told federal agents he was able to hack into aircraft computer systems mid-flight numerous times through the in-flight entertainment systems and was able to make the plane move sideways, according to an FBI agent's affidavit.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Something about this story is fishy. The manufacturer says it's impossible because the systems are not connected. And if he actually did it, as the FBI states - why is he not under arrest?
This was my first thought too. Why would anybody connect the flight control and entertainment systems? What would be the point of that?
Something about this story is fishy. The manufacturer says it's impossible because the systems are not connected. And if he actually did it, as the FBI states - why is he not under arrest?
This was my first thought too. Why would anybody connect the flight control and entertainment systems? What would be the point of that?
Only to save money on wiring independent data carriers for each system. Otherwise, they should be 'airgapped'.
We've had hacking for long enough now, you'd think that manufacturers would isolate sensitive systems, and that customers would insist on it.
That's one of the things that's fishy. The manufacturers said they did. The Hacker says he broke through and gained control of the plane. One of them is lying.
I call BS on the whole thing. It doesn't sound even remotely feasible and even if it were true, the guy would certainly be behind bars.
I would agree.
The radio control system I use for my aircraft uses FHSS (frequency hopping spread spectrum) for communication. The original (data) signal is spread by modulating it with a 32 bit PRN (pseudo random number) which only the transmitter and receiver know. This gives a possible use of up to 4 billion separate TX/RX combinations. which will not interfere with each other.
This type of transmission is currently in use by the military.
I don't know if commercial aircraft use this method. it would be a good idea.
I call BS on the whole thing. It doesn't sound even remotely feasible and even if it were true, the guy would certainly be behind bars.
And if he can, why aren't the manufacturers behind bars?