24/7 Wall St. – In what may be the last thing you want to hear about today, a security researcher claims that he was able to hack into Wi-Fi networks and satellite communications (satcom) on in-flight airplanes from a position safely on the ground. Four years ago the same researcher discovered critical flaws in satcom systems that allowed attackers to invade and disrupt communications links to airplanes, ships and military operations, among other networks.
ARTICLE | June 7, 2018