'This is just the tip of the iceberg': Aeroplane hacking case points to deeper cyber issues

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http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/this-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-aeroplane-hacking-case-points-to-deeper-cyber-issues-20150526-gh9n4y.html

By Jeremy Wagstaf
The Age
May 26, 2015

Security researcher Chris Roberts made headlines last month when he was 
hauled off a plane in New York by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
accused of hacking into flight controls via his underseat entertainment 
unit.

Other security researchers say Roberts - who was quoted by the FBI as 
saying he once caused "a sideways movement of the plane during a flight" - 
has helped draw attention to a wider issue: that the aviation industry has 
not kept pace with the threat hackers pose to increasingly 
computer-connected airplanes.

Through his lawyer, Roberts said his only interest had been to "improve 
aircraft security."

"This is going to drive change. It will force the hand of organisations 
[in the aviation industry]," says Jonathan Butts, a former US Air Force 
researcher who now runs a company working on IT security issues in 
aviation and other industries.

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