Security researcher hacks aircraft

Security Researcher Hacks Aircraft Controls With Android Smartphone 

During the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam this week, a security researcher at the German IT consulting firm N.Runs, Hugo Teso demonstrated how he could use an Android app to exploit bugs in flight management software.
This he showed will allow him to totally gain control the airplane without raising a security alarm. The 30 year old man who is also a trained commercial pilot, claims he can make an airliner “dance to his tunes” by using this technology.

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