FAA computers vulnerable to hackers, GAO report says

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/faa-computers-vulnerable-to-hackers-gao-report-says/2015/03/02/388219ac-c119-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html

By Ashley Halsey III
The Washington Post
March 2, 2015

The Federal Aviation Administration has fallen short in its efforts to 
protect the national air traffic control system from terrorists or others 
who might try to hack into the computers used to direct planes in flight, 
according to a government report released Monday.

The Government Accountability Office report credited the FAA with taking 
steps to deter hackers but concluded that “significant security control 
weaknesses remain, threatening the agency’s ability to ensure the safe and 
uninterrupted operation of the national airspace.”

The FAA said it intends to implement the 14 changes recommended in the GAO 
report.

In a written response to the GAO last month, Keith Washington, acting 
assistant secretary for administration at the Department of 
Transportation, said the FAA already had achieved six “major milestones” 
toward improving cybersecurity and agreed with the GAO recommendations for 
improvements.

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