787 Dreamliner doesn't have seperate nav/internet systems?

SUBMAN1 · 01-07-08, 03:03 PM

Just great. WHo is the stupid designer of this jet? Now a terrorists can hack a plane down instead of having to smuggle in a bomb to blow it up. Stupid people.

-S

Regulators have expressed concern that Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may be vulnerable to hacker attack.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has raised fears that onboard computer networks are potentially exposed to tampering by passengers. Systems designed to give passengers in-flight internet access are connected to the plane's control and navigation systems. The two networks are not physically separated.

Read on here - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01...cker_concerns/

01-07-08, 03:03 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	787 Dreamliner doesn't have seperate nav/internet systems? Just great. WHo is the stupid designer of this jet? Now a terrorists can hack a plane down instead of having to smuggle in a bomb to blow it up. Stupid people. -S Regulators have expressed concern that Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may be vulnerable to hacker attack. The US Federal Aviation Administration has raised fears that onboard computer networks are potentially exposed to tampering by passengers. Systems designed to give passengers in-flight internet access are connected to the plane's control and navigation systems. The two networks are not physically separated. Read on here - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01...cker_concerns/ __________________ Last edited by SUBMAN1; 01-07-08 at 04:47 PM.