Android App Could Remotely Hijack an Airplane

Security consultant Hugo Teso rocked the tech world this week when he gave a talk illustrating how you could hijack a plane using an Android app. At the Hack In The Box Conference in Amsterdam, Teso, who is both a security expert and a trained pilot, demonstrated a remote attack on the computer of a virtual airplane’s computer by using a radio transmitter, software and an Android app.

Teso calls his app PlaneSpoilt and his mission in creating it is to demostrate to the aviation industry the potential security threat that exist in airplane computer systems.

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