The following article is very interesting on Australia's preferred (mandated) ADSB system. I apologise in advance if this is a re-hash...
Researchers reveal how attacks could alter aircraft trajectories.
The automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network was last week mandated to be installed for all aircraft cruising above 29,000 feet in Australia by the nation's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Australia was the first country to deploy the system using the 1090ES platform.
The United States uses a dual ADS-B platform of 1090ES for all flight altitudes and what critics argue was the more effective Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) system for flights below 18,000 feet.
Crucially, the latter platform provides enough bandwidth to enable encryption, which would render the demonstrated attacks ineffective.
"Our results reveal some bad news," researchers Matthias Schafer, Vincent Lenders, and Ivan Martinovic wrote in a research paper (pdf). "Attacks on ADS-B can be inexpensive and highly successful."
Fort Fumble's response is pretty standard...
CASA did not respond to multiple requests for comment from this publication.
And ASA's is also typically type written
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"Australia's air traffic control system and network has multiple layers of safety, security and resilience built into it to both mitigate and minimise current and prevailing risks," a spokesperson said.
"All threats, both real and perceived to our environment are monitored and reviews undertaken to ensure the integrity of our systems is balanced against the alternatives."
The air navigation provider said it "regularly assesses" risks to Australia's airways including "ongoing assessment of the risks associated with the adoption and use of new technologies such as" ADS-B.
Oh yes ignorance is bliss..