SAN FRANCISCO — A computer security expert hacked into a plane's in-flight entertainment system and made it briefly fly sideways by telling one of the engines to go into climb mode.
In an interview on Feb. 13, 2015, Roberts told agents he had hacked into in-flight entertainment centers on Boeing 737s, 757s and Airbus A-320 aircraft "15 to 20 times."
Someone tell me that these a/c have physically separate networks for flight systems vs entertainment. Did the bean counters save a few $$$'s by using only one network device instead of 2?
This guy is a white hat. Probably formally requested a fix before demonstrating vulnerabilities as a last resort.