Researcher Says Planes Can Be Hacked Remotely with Android App
A security researcher and trained commercial pilot says that an Android app can be used, at least theoretically, to hack a plane.
That includes potentially gaining information about an aircraft's onboard computer, changing the intended destination, flashing interior lights, delivering spoofed malicious messages that affect the behavior of the plane, and, just maybe, if pilots don't manage to turn off autopilot and/or have difficulty with manual flight operation, crashing the plane.