FAA: Boeing's New 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message


How naïve of Bowing to think that there computer is not hackable:

I missed the part where Boeing claimed the computers were not
hackable, but your document did reveal "Boeing has been working on
the issue with the FAA for a number of years already." Seems to be
hardly a headline - unless the reader is an Airbus fan.

As a professional in the computer business, you should know that there
are virtually no computer systems that are not vulnerable to security
compromise.

The fact that computers are on the plane in and of itself is a "security
vulnerability" by your definition.

Connecting the cabin entertainment computer system to the
flight control computer is just plane ignorant.

The article you quoted had no specifics on the connections so I have no data
to judge the nature of the vulnerability. Please update us if you have those
specifics. Otherwise, you're just fanning anti-Boeing flames via ignorance.

Please cite a credible reason why the
in-flight entertainment computer system can't be isolated, and not
connected to other systems aboard the aircraft. There is none.

That must be why Boeing has been working with the FAA to correct the issue.

...speaks volumes about
Bowing management's cluelessness.

Pot. Kettle. Come back with facts rather than press releases and we'll have
something to discuss. Until then, you're just floundering in ignorance.

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