http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/this-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-aeroplane-hacking-case-points-to-deeper-cyber-issues-20150526-gh9n4y.html
By Jeremy Wagstaf
The Age
May 26, 2015
Security researcher Chris Roberts made headlines last month when he was
hauled off a plane in New York by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
accused of hacking into flight controls via his underseat entertainment
unit.
Other security researchers say Roberts - who was quoted by the FBI as
saying he once caused "a sideways movement of the plane during a flight" -
has helped draw attention to a wider issue: that the aviation industry has
not kept pace with the threat hackers pose to increasingly
computer-connected airplanes.
Through his lawyer, Roberts said his only interest had been to "improve
aircraft security."
"This is going to drive change. It will force the hand of organisations
[in the aviation industry]," says Jonathan Butts, a former US Air Force
researcher who now runs a company working on IT security issues in
aviation and other industries.
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