May 18th 2015
Tech Break 1172
Security Expert Claims to Have Commandeered a Plane: Tech News Today 1261
A security researcher told the FBI that he took control of an airplane from the second row.
Guests:
Lindsey Turrentine,
Mike Elgan
A security researcher with One World Labs named Chris Roberts reportedly told the FBI in February that he successfully hacked the in-flight entertainment system of a United Airlines flight, causing it to change course mid-flight. He also said he had successfully accessed in-flight networks more than a dozen times between 2011 and 2014.
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