Boeing 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

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on Saturday January 05 2008, @01:33PM

palegray.net writes "From an article posted yesterday on Wired.com: "Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.""
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Seems like a dumb design... (Score:2)

by Actually, I do RTFA (1058596) writes:

So, magic proprietary technology prevents data from going from the passanger network to the keeping-the-plane-in-the-air network. Why they wouldn't simply use different wires? But that's okay, less than an hour from the Boeing plant there are some network security geniuses [microsoft.com].

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It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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Seems like a dumb design... (Score:2)