Hack that allows an attacker to take control of plane navigation and cockpit systems has been revealed at a security conference in Europe. The hack was demonstrated by, a researcher at security consultancy N.Runs in Germany who’s also a commercial airline pilot. He explained that by building an exploit framework called Simon and a complimentary Android app that delivers attack messages, he could manipulate a plane’s path as he saw fit. The Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Administration are already working on fixing the vulnerability.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/04/hijacking-planes-navigation-system-with.html