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DHS Issues Hacking Security Alert for ‘Exploitable’ Network Systems in Small Planes
Sputnik ^ | 22:00 30.07.2019

Posted on 07/30/2019 12:32:47 PM PDT by cba123

A security alert issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommends plane owners restrict access to their aircraft after authorities were made aware of a system flaw present in the planes’ Controller Area Network (CAN bus) which exposes them to hacking.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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This is odd.

Saw this on a Russian website.

1 posted on 07/30/2019 12:32:47 PM PDT by cba123
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https://sputniknews.com/us/201907301076410530-dhs-exploitable-network-small-planes/


2 posted on 07/30/2019 12:33:05 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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John Kennedy Jr.?


3 posted on 07/30/2019 12:38:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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Was this the Clinton’s method of choice?


4 posted on 07/30/2019 12:41:09 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Finally, Will Rogers and Amelia Earhart solved.


5 posted on 07/30/2019 12:42:56 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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Yet another reason to hand fly the approach


6 posted on 07/30/2019 12:56:03 PM PDT by Regulator
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Hmmmm... Bmw cars and motorcycles run Canbus electrics. wonder if there has been any tinkering with those while under way?


7 posted on 07/30/2019 1:55:13 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Afterguard

Harley uses CAN to throttle and lighting on post 2012 models.


8 posted on 07/30/2019 2:31:25 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: cba123

Small piston engines for planes are generally fairly primitive by automotive standards - what is there to hack?


9 posted on 07/30/2019 7:18:28 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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Nah - back then hacking was done with axes and saws...


10 posted on 07/31/2019 3:07:25 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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