FAA fires back about hijack app

The FAA has responded to Hugo Teso regarding his claim to be able to commandeer an aircraft, with eBay purchased software, an Android, and a radio transmitter.

The FAA states that systems certified for use on flight decks are not vulnerable to the scenario that Mr. Teso presented in his lecture. The FAA released a statement which read: "The FAA is aware that a German information technology consultant has alleged he has detected a security issue with the Honeywell NZ-2000 Flight Management System (FMS) using only a desktop computer, the FAA has determined that the hacking technique described during a recent computer security conference does not pose a flight safety concern because it does not work on certified flight hardware."

The FAA also goes on to say that the hack was not done on real aircraft but on a PC training simulator and did not reveal potential vulnerabilities on real aircraft. I guess this is good that Mr. Teso did not actually demonstrate that he could take over an aircraft, since then he would most likely be in jail.

I don't know about you, but I remember someone once saying: "She is unsinkable, that magnificent Titanic."