Computer expert hacked into plane and made it fly sideways, according to FBI

It is unfortunate that this is going to just result in a criminal filing against him.<p>While it was irresponsible, no one was hurt and reporting these vulnerabilities in the &quot;appropriate&quot; manner would likely result in the company trying to cover up the vulnerability citing some sort of DRM &#x2F; trade secrets reasoning.<p>For this reason I am glad that he did this.

There are other sources of the same story - here are some.<p>This one has significant discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9558615" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9558615</a><p><pre><code> Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways (aptn.ca) </code></pre> This one also has some discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9554841" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9554841</a><p><pre><code> Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane (wired.com) </code></pre> Other submissions, there may be more:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9556690" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9556690</a><p><pre><code> Researcher may have adjusted airplane controls from in-flight entertainment-FBI (theverge.com) </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9558222" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9558222</a><p><pre><code> Security researcher claimed to hack, control plane in flight (engadget.com) </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9560248" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9560248</a><p><pre><code> Hacker &#x27;made plane climb&#x27; after taking control through in-flight system (telegraph.co.uk) </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9557418" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9557418</a><p><pre><code> Security researcher hacks plane mid-flight (arstechnica.com) </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9557796" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9557796</a><p><pre><code> FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to &quot;climb&quot; (securityaffairs.co) </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9555669" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9555669</a><p><pre><code> Hacker told FBI he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system (aptn.ca) </code></pre> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9558411" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9558411</a><p><pre><code> Researcher hacks flight system of plane, making it climb (dailymail.co.uk)</code></pre>