A cybersecurity expert contends hacking an airliner is feasible. Carl Herberger: “Bottom line: It’s not only conceivable, but Boeing itself has warned about it” The vulnerability is documented in a type of Federal Aviation Administration rule. The FAA detailed special conditions of the Boeing 777-200 model of airliner, the type of aircraft that disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. Herberger says vetting an airplane systems’ vulnerabilities to attacks should be contemplated. “The threat to an aircraft from a cyber-attack has not been made part of the requirements for the airworthiness of modern day airliners””]
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