terrorist attack

GAO report on cybersecurity in Air Traffic Control is outright scary

• Albert Zenkoff
• 2015-04-17
• Society, aircraft, airplane, control system, FAA, firewall, GAO, in-flight, network, terror, terrorist attack, USA, vulnerability

The fact that the modern aircraft can be controlled from the ground is not widely publicized but known. There was though a lot of controversy, including among specialists, about how much of control could be intercepted by unauthorized 3rd parties. Well, now the extent of the problem is confirmed officially. The U.S. Government Accountability Office ...

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