Comment on theregister website:
"Wouldn't it be best to let IOActive onboard a 787 and tell them, "Have at it!"? If the plane is truly unhackable, as Boeing claims, then IOActive will not be able to do any harm, and Boeing will then be able to loudly and publicly proclaim that their own internal experts and an unpaid but motivated group of third-party pen testers were unable to find any exploits. Might even bump up Boeing's reputation, not to mention share price. Seems like a win-win to me.
They're not willing to do that? I wonder why. "