Now that's comforting.
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A computer security expert hacked into a plane's in-flight entertainment system and made it briefly fly sideways by telling one of the engines to go into climb mode.
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According to the document, in an interview on Feb. 13, 2015, Roberts told agents he had hacked into in-flight entertainment centers on Boeing 737s, 757s and Airbus A-320 aircraft "15 to 20 times."
From there, Roberts was able to hack into the plane's IFE system using default IDs and passwords.
Default IDs? Default passwords? That was the first thing anyone with an ounce of intelligence would change back in my programming days. Here it is 2015 and something as complex and potentially vulnerable as a jumbo jet is hacked using default IDs and passwords?
Airliners Hacked
Originally Posted By: From Article
A computer security expert hacked into a plane's in-flight entertainment system and made it briefly fly sideways by telling one of the engines to go into climb mode.
Originally Posted By: From Article
According to the document, in an interview on Feb. 13, 2015, Roberts told agents he had hacked into in-flight entertainment centers on Boeing 737s, 757s and Airbus A-320 aircraft "15 to 20 times."
From there, Roberts was able to hack into the plane's IFE system using default IDs and passwords.
Default IDs? Default passwords? That was the first thing anyone with an ounce of intelligence would change back in my programming days. Here it is 2015 and something as complex and potentially vulnerable as a jumbo jet is hacked using default IDs and passwords?
Airliners Hacked