Yeah garbage. It is criminal that the aircraft can take off with such a vulnerability (if a researcher tweeted "there's something wrong with the fuel line DON'T TAKE OFF" he would be a hero).
This is a fairly typical situation, when people in positions of authority are confronted with how much they DON'T know their usual response is to get aggressive and act poorly. In my experience most organisations arent prepared for cyber and they arent happy when its bought to their attention.
The researcher should have known this, I would NEVER attack a client network (or even discuss it) without my get out of jail free card but having said that I've pen tested planes in flight and not been on one with a vulnerability, if i was I would yell about it just like he did.
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Yeah garbage. It is criminal that the aircraft can take off with such a vulnerability (if a researcher tweeted "there's something wrong with the fuel line DON'T TAKE OFF" he would be a hero).
This is a fairly typical situation, when people in positions of authority are confronted with how much they DON'T know their usual response is to get aggressive and act poorly. In my experience most organisations arent prepared for cyber and they arent happy when its bought to their attention.
The researcher should have known this, I would NEVER attack a client network (or even discuss it) without my get out of jail free card but having said that I've pen tested planes in flight and not been on one with a vulnerability, if i was I would yell about it just like he did.