Friday, April 12, 2013

Tech Article 4/12

Do you know why airlines ask you to turn off transmitting signals? It's because of people like Hugo Teso, a German security official that was once a hacker. He had developed an android app called planeSpilot to pretty much override and disorient the pilot and crew. It also has a few presets, like go to here, which is used to input a direction or destination, or the ever so ominous visit ground. Aside from that, he could also change speed and direction with the flick of a wrist. As of now there is no way of stopping a cyber attack from inside an airplane, or from a phone.

click here for original article>http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/tech/mobile/phone-hijack-plane/index.html?c=tech/small>

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