Posted on 09/19/2023 12:19:40 PM PDT by srmanuel
You would have to be there to know for sure. But, that was my first reaction.
If it was truly hacked, then I guess that’s possible.
I was certainly never a Naval Aviator, I would imagine pulling the ejection handle by mistake is an automatic dismissal from being a pilot.
Life-Saving Technology: The F-35B’s Automatic Ejection System
Possible.
The jet contains an auto-eject capability system, where the jet senses the situation automatically and decides to eject the pilot itself without the pilot having to think about whether or not it is safe to do so.
W[e]ll, it was a B type, but we’ll let that pass for now.
Excuse me, you are both correct, it was the Marine F-35B that crashed, not the Navy C. I knew it, but I mistyped. My apologies.
From my experience, the majority of hacking comes from within the organization, either thru human hacking, tricking people into giving up their passwords or other information allowing someone to get into areas they should not be in.
Hacking is not always some super cyber guy with a laptop in his basement hacking thru firewalls and crippling other systems.
If you read up on the Stuxnet hack, done as a joint venture between Israel and the USA against Iran’s nuclear program, that code was released in the area of the intended target, hoping some nuclear scientist would get careless and bring work from home into work and infect the intended systems which had no outside communication links.
The virus was successful and many of the intended targets were damaged or destroyed.
I know nothing about highly technical aircraft, but that’s wild, eject the pilot and cause it to crash, all done thru a software hack.
Not saying that’s what happened, but who knows in today’s world.
Look at the war in Ukraine, that war is increasingly being fought using drones to attack the other side and far inside of Russia and Crimea.
I don't think you read the entire article.
The author starts with the premise that somehow the F-35 was hacked to allow it to continue to fly after the pilot had ejected.
Then the author goes through all of the issues with the ALIS maintenance software that is so bad that the F-35 program office is replacing it with a new maintenance software ODIN.
The ALIS maintenance software has many vulnerabilities that might allow someone to ground F-35s for maintenance issues that don't exist, but it cannot be used to hijack an F-15 in midair.
The wife’s Volvo is currently having an over the air S/W update. Can’t drive for 90 minutes. It’s not an EV.
They sent me an email to pair the Volvo app to the car.
I said no.
They said I really should pair it.
I said I don’t talk to the car, I don’t link any phone to the car, I don’t use phone apps for the car, I won’t log into an account on the car. I said we drive the car and don’t give a shit about the technology crap and a smart S/W upgrade would include kill switch for all the BS.
My experience as a CISO, never say, “Never”. It is stunning the links that are found between systems that never were supposed to be created.
P.S. I don’t think the F-35 was hijacked in an way. It is very possible the plot ejected once the flight controls became unresponsive. It is possible they simply froze, no input accepted and no changes made. Just straight and level flight.
Exactly.
I’ve seen hacking videos of people using bootleg key fobs to unlock just about any car door around.
I know that certain insurance companies won’t write new policies for certain Kia and Hyundai models because of hacking.
Evidently videos were posted to social media showing how to open and start these cars without using a key.
I remember reading about hackers in the late 70s and early 80s using a whistle found in cracker jack boxes to blow into a phone and trick the equipment into giving them access to free long distance calling.
Pretty much nothing surprises me anymore.
Whatever really happened, it will be ruled as “Pilot Error”.
I have a 2009 Tacoma. You use an old fashioned key to get in and start it. Crank windows. No pairing to a phone, no backhaul to the mothership, no GPS. I like this thing more every day.
“Whatever really happened, it will be ruled as “Pilot Error”.”
Unless the pilot is a woman.
I read that the pilot left it on auto pilot when he bailed.
Yep.. got a 2008 F250 the same way but has power widows and a 6 CD changer !! Bought it new and will never get rid of it. I call it the windows XP version of today’s crap. Got a classic 75 C3 Vette too.. I can rewire the entire car with three 20’ extension cords.
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