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04-15-2015, 01:30 PM
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In-flight Wi-Fi is 'direct link' to hackers (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNEEAPU0c9HkIk5c9p5J6IFLIA_ZNQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778806153246&ei=fGguVbjyNfDVmQLIo4HIBg&url=http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/15/aeroplane-wifi-hacks-possible)
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Aeroplanes with in-flight Wi-Fi are vulnerable to hacks by passengers and could be targeted by a "malicious attacker" on the ground, a US report has warned. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) described the potential dangers in a new report ...
GAO: Airliners with wi-fi vulnerable to hackers (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNHEs04uKEwrIOL1uz8nxSBfjd81rw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778806153246&ei=fGguVbjyNfDVmQLIo4HIBg&url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/14/gao-airline-cybersecurity-hacking/25786491/)USA TODAY
GAO: Newer aircraft vulnerable to hacking (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNHpzrKwR3HYkPdnH2z9fhYN15r0gw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778806153246&ei=fGguVbjyNfDVmQLIo4HIBg&url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/politics/gao-newer-aircraft-vulnerable-to-hacking/)CNN
Commercial aircraft are vulnerable to hacking from in-flight WiFi, watchdog ... (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNGku_kBv15L8PUs9MXhbsB07jjiMw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778806153246&ei=fGguVbjyNfDVmQLIo4HIBg&url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/commercial-aircraft-are-vulnerable-hacking-flight-wifi-watchdog-report-warns-1496488)International Business Times UK
International Business Times (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNE-JDvHCjh1JTRHTGILvAzDqxlmKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778806153246&ei=fGguVbjyNfDVmQLIo4HIBg&url=http://www.ibtimes.com/aircraft-using-nextgen-systems-vulnerable-hacking-us-agency-gao-warns-1882440)
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