Mile High Club by Chris Rouland.
From the post:
A very elite club was just created by Chris Roberts, if his allegations of commandeering an airplane are true. Modern day transportation relies heavily on remote access to the outside world…and consumer trust. These two things have been at odds recently, ever since the world read a tweet from Chris Roberts, in which he jokingly suggested releasing oxygen masks while aboard a commercial flight. Whether or not Roberts was actually joking about hacking the aircraft is up for debate, but the move led the Government Accountability Office to issue a warning about potential vulnerabilities to aircraft systems via in-flight Wi-Fi.
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Chris has a great suggestion:
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While I agree that we don’t want every 16-year-old script kiddie trying to tamper with people’s lives at 35,000 feet, we do wonder if United or any of the other major carriers would be willing to park a plane at Black Hat. Surely if they were certain that there is no way to exploit the pilot’s aviation systems, they would be willing to allow expert researchers to have a look while the plane is on the ground? Tremendous insight and overall global information security could only improve if a major carrier or manufacturer hosted a hack week on a Dreamliner on the tarmac at McCarran international.
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A couple of candidate Black Hat conferences:
BLACK HAT | USA August 1-6, 2015 | Mandalay Bay | Las Vegas, NV
BLACK HAT | EUROPE November 10-13, 2015 | Amsterdam RAI | The Netherlands
Do you think the conference organizers would comp registration for the people who come with the plane?
As far as airlines, The top ten (10) in income (US) for 2014:
When you register for a major Black Hat conference, ask the organizers to stage an airline hacking event. Especially on:
- Boeing 737-800/Boeing 737-900 Model 737 in service: 1,173.
- Boeing 757-200 Model 757 in service: 783.
- Airbus-320 Model 320 in service: 3,621.
Big Black Hat Conference signs with the make/model on them for the tarmac.
Would make an interesting press event to have a photo of the conference sign with no plane.
Sorta speaks for itself. Yes?