GULP: Researcher finds that you can hack airplanes through in-flight Wi-Fi

[Guest Brad Reed]

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Everyone loves in-flight Wi-Fi... until it allows a hacker to infiltrate the plane's satellite communications equipment. CBCNews brings us word that security researcher Ruben Santamarta of IOActive is going to present new findings at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas this week showing how to use a plane's Wi-Fi and even its in-flight entertainment system to hack into its satellite equipment.

 

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