Yikes. I wonder if this is why I have to turn my computer off during takeoff and landing.
DT
January 7, Computer Weekly – (National) Concerns over Boeing ‘Dreamliner’ IT
flight systems. Hackers may be able to access aircraft flight and management systems in
Boeing’s new mid-range jet, the 787-8, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation
Authority. The FAA said that there are links between the networks that run the
passenger “domain,” which allows passengers to access the internet during flights, and
aircraft-management systems. This means they do not contain “adequate or appropriate
safety standards for protection and security of airplane systems and data networks
against unauthorized access,” the FAA said. A Boeing spokesman said the aircraft
maker was aware of the problem and would test its fix in March, when the so-called
Dreamliner makes its maiden flight. It delayed the first flight in September last year, and
postponed deliveries by six months to the end of 2008. At the time it noted an
“increasing risk to the delivery schedule,” and said “the margin to accommodate
unexpected issues had been eliminated.”
Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=228784
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