May 2015

FBI: researcher admitted to hacking plane in-flight, causing it to “climb”

A newly-published search warrant application shows that an aviation computer security researcher told the FBI that he briefly took control of at least one commercial airliner. The warrant, which was filed in a federal court in New York state, was first published Friday by APTN, a Canadian news site. Link: FBI: researcher admitted to hacking …

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