Cyber security expert claims to be able access satellite communications equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and in-flight entertainment systems. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA) and Honeywell, which provides the vulnerable cockpit application, refused the results produced by the researcher denying any concrete risk for flight safety. The researcher will present the result of his research () at the next Black Hat conference, he will show how an attacker could compromise commercial airliner satellite communication systems.”]
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