The Reality Behind Hacker Airplanes and Safety
You've probably seen a show where the guy having a notebook and a frantic look on his face makes the plane dive through 30, 000 feet, but the genuine conversation around hacker airplanes is really way more complicated—and a lot more interesting—than Movie usually lets on. While the idea of someone "remote controlling" a passenger aircraft from seat 12C makes for an excellent thriller, the real vulnerabilities in contemporary aviation aren't quite so cinematic. Still, as planes turn out to be more like traveling by air data centers, the particular questions about cybersecurity are getting even louder. ...