Hackers could take control of planes remotely and force them to crash, says expert

Hackers could take control of planes remotely and force them to crash

AEROPLANES could be taken over by remote control and forced to crash with the use of newly invented computer software.

Cyber attacks are now viewed by experts as the second-biggest risk to aviation behind natural disasters.

Representatives from Qantas and Virgin Airlines were warned of the threat at the Asia-Pacific Aviation Security Conference in Hong Kong.

Australian cyber-security expert Ty Miller, from Pure Hacking, told the conference whole fleets of planes could be affected.

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While searching for news on the stuxnet virus I found this article just released by an Australian news outlet. I'm sure many of you already theorized that this capability has existed for a decade or more but this is the first time I've personally read an article where governments were warned about such a capability. Actually someone ran a test and according to the article, "Posing as a rogue employee with general access to an airline's systems, Mr Miller was recently able to take over the airline's entire network within a day."
So imagine an entire airline having their planes crash in one day, assuming they crash in unpopulated fields the numbers are staggering.
Anyway, I won't take up all the discussion. Also, read the comments under the link too. Cheers mates.


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And say bye bye to the internet...restrictive legislation anyone?

Second line.

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This is just another aspect of planes being crashed due to humans, most crashes are due to human error anyways and I'm sure that there would be massive amounts of cyber security for the airline industry.

talk about fear mongering....lets say terrorist wanted to do this,do you think they actually could? it wasnt even them who perpetraded 9/11..all they can do is strap some bombs together,duct tape em on and blow themseles up....the only way i think this would be possible is if the governments again would have to take a part in it...to make even more inside jobs

Yes, and hackers could also change the destination sign on the front of buses. But they'll need physical access to internal systems. Yes, and hackers could screw with the stock exchange. But they'll need physical access to internal systems. Yes and hackers could change the score when you are out ten pin bowling. But they'll need physical access to internal systems. Yes, hackers could put my clothes on an extra hot cycle and shrink them all - but they'll need access to my washing machine.. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

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You and gdaub23 make excellent points. But those points are also mentioned within the article. The expert says that a disgruntled employee is a larger threat than an terrorist organization because they actually would have physical access to internal systems... So in order to work for the airport you must submit to brain scans in the future... The future everybody.

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Yeah, disgruntled employees - but what can you do? Job rotate "the angry ones"?

I guess don't employ guys with turbans in airports. Ha!


Being wary of disgruntled employees is probably about the same as being wary that a family member might go berserk and kill everyone. I guess all you can do is try to spot the signs?? It's a tough one.

This is nothing but Conroy further pushing control of Australia's networks.


If someone took control of a Plane and crashed it, they arent a hacker are they, they are a terrorist.
Likewise if someone took over a plane, sent some strange messages then released control, they arent a terrorist, they are a hacker.


Stephen Conroy, if your monitoring this I have one question.

Your new super duper Australian Broadband, is this going to have a filter, or something similar to what you proposed 2yrs ago?

If I understand correctly, you pushed a broadband filter on the people and lost, then you decided to rebuild Australias internet completely, yet no mention of the broadband filter.

whats with that?

Are you afraid of everything yet?

Why not?

Did you know that terrorists can control your mind through porn? Come to us, if you give us control of your mind..... we can save you.


Only WE can save you.

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Q False flag attack,

Second line

Better yet, a disgruntled employee could hack GPS satellites ahead of time waiting for the right moment and then with one command alter the coordinates during a large scale smart weapons bombardment and thus alter the targets that could change the course of a campaign.

Well...let's all throw a BIG party for the politicians somewhere that they have to fly to...and make sure they all are on the same plane. They'd be too tempting a target to resist.

So its like Die Hard 2 meets Die Hard 4 ??

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great! Now if nothing elseto attack, they'll attack planes.. Way to give them the idea.. I sure hope hackers wouldnt hijack planes full of regular people.. Oh, and uh... Yeah, everyone has known for a good 10 years now.

Wasn't this Die Hard 2?

Don't worry, whether it be asteroids, international terrorists or a ragged up Demi Moore we know Bruce Willis has us covered.

So lone hackers can now hijack airlines remotely from the comfort of their basement but government agencies couldn't have possibly had possession and used this technology a little under 10 years ago on 9/11?

O'rely?


Hackers remotely taking down airplanes?
Just like on TV? ( THe Lone Gunmen )

In this pilot episode (The Lone Gunmen) a small group within the Government remotely hijack a plane full of people and tried to smash it against a big building in New York, and to blame radical islam, so it can acheive a domination agenda..
Pff... this is ridiculous...
Only on TV...
What a ludicrous story to tell... I wouldn't believe it even if it happened on live television...


Wait a minute....

Originally posted by gdaub23
talk about fear mongering....lets say terrorist wanted to do this,do you think they actually could? it wasnt even them who perpetraded 9/11..all they can do is strap some bombs together,duct tape em on and blow themseles up....the only way i think this would be possible is if the governments again would have to take a part in it...to make even more inside jobs

They have already claimed that Iraqi insurgents hacked into drones and stole data from them. Not sure if they claimed that they actually took them over or not but I know they said they stole data from them.

Originally posted by routerboy
Yes, and hackers could also change the destination sign on the front of buses. But they'll need physical access to internal systems. Yes, and hackers could screw with the stock exchange. But they'll need physical access to internal systems. Yes and hackers could change the score when you are out ten pin bowling. But they'll need physical access to internal systems. Yes, hackers could put my clothes on an extra hot cycle and shrink them all - but they'll need access to my washing machine.. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

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Im sorry but you are wrong... Physical access is not required...

I own an infosec company specializing in forensics, and you would be surprised what can occur... For example, stuxnet didn't require physical access... Just a few o days and common human error....