You can hack an airliner via the entertainment box under each seat???? wtf?

[elehhhhna]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084856/Security-researcher-admits-FBI-hacked-commercial-airline-s-entertainment-took-control-plane-making-climb-fly-sideways.html

[trumad]

1. Read that...

I doubt very seriously this guy did it.

[Frank Cannon]

3. I don't believe it, either.

This would be like hacking into your company's data warehouse from the smart TV in the break room.

[Major Nikon]

2. Sounds a lot like bullshit

[IDemo]

4. Planes could be hacked through in-flight entertainment system

Airliners could be hacked mid-flight through passengers using the plane’s wireless entertainment system to access its flight controls, a US agency says.

The threat was identified in a new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlighting emerging cybersecurity challenges faced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which also included protecting air traffic control systems from cyber-attacks and clarifying the cybersecurity responsibilities of multiple FAA offices.

GAO investigators spoke to cyber-security experts who said on-board firewalls intended to protect avionics from hackers could be breached if flight control and entertainment systems use the same wiring and routers.

"Internet connectivity in the cabin should be considered a direct link between the aircraft and the outside world, which includes potential malicious actors," the report said.

http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/apr/plane-hack.cfm

[bemildred]

5. Another reason not to fly.

This beggars description.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Scary stuff.

I miss the Far Side.