Hacker Performs Live Airplane Hijack-Hack in Amsterdam

Security consultant Hugo Teso says he has spent the last four years analyzing airplane navigation and communication systems, and at a security conference in Amsterdam, he presented PlaneSploit: “a practical demonstration on how to remotely attack and take full control of an aircraft.”

Yup, it will make you feel not good: “Teso used his Samsung Galaxy and a specially crafted app called PlaneSploit to demonstrate how to hack an airplane’s computer.”

Write-up here; a PDF of his presentation is here. ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT.