Hackers could crash airliners

16 April 2015 - 02:55
By Reuters

Commercial airliners could be hacked in flight by passengers using a plane's wireless entertainment system to access its flight controls, a US watchdog agency has warned. A new report from the US government accountability office identified the danger as one of several emerging cyber-security weaknesses that the Federal Aviation Administration must address.

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