Tiny device hacks Boeing 737, alters flight paths under 60 seconds

Tiny device hacks Boeing 737, alters flight paths under 60 seconds

Researchers have demonstrated how brief physical access to a Boeing 737 could give an attacker control over data moving between critical flight computers. The finding challenges a long-held assumption that aviation cybersecurity mainly concerns network-based threats. A team from the University of California San Diego presented the research Aug. 13 at the USENIX Security Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland. Their proof-of-concept used a custom hardw…