Tuesday, May 19, 2015

“I chopped and steered the aircraft from the computer” – Aftonbladet

Computer security expert Chris Roberts got into the airplane’s systems via their PC and affected the plane’s direction.

There he says the US Federal Police FBI.

“He says he got off the plane to move sideways,” writes an FBI agent according to NBC News.

According to Roberts himself took He himself into aircraft system by connecting their computer to the aircraft’s film and entertainment.

He states himself to the FBI that he was in that way could take control of more of the aircraft engines. At one point, he should have received the aircraft begin to move sideways, according to its information.

This should have taken place between 15 and 20 flights during the period 2011-2014. Which flights was not in the document, writes NBC News.

“He told me this because he wanted these shortcomings would be reviewed,” wrote FBI agent in the document.



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Roberts has now been banned from the company United Airlines flights.

“There is a great risk that my actions will lead to that I get put on an orange prison clothes pretty fast “he wrote on Twitter in April.

United Airlines confirms that Roberts has been banned, but says to news agency AP that they are convinced that their computer systems are secure.

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