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FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to climb

Computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that he obtained the control of at least one commercial flight causing it to climb A new search warrant filed in a federal court in New York state published Friday by the Canadian website APTN revealed that the aviation computer security researcher. Roberts was arrested and questioned by the FBI after he landed on a United Airlines flight 1474 from Denver, Colorado to Syracuse, New York. Roberts told WIRED that he violated in-flight networks nearly 15 times during various flights, but just to sniff traffic without interfering with plane activities.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/36872/cyber-crime/researcher-hacked-flight.html

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