Flights Halted at US Airports as Watchdog Warns Over Hacking Threat The recent disruption to flights at three major US airports may have been caused by an Amtrak construction crew's unfortunate mishap, but it's a symptom of a more insidious problem.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has exposed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) woefully inadequate approach to cybersecurity threats in air traffic control systems.
The FAA's failure to update security documentation and complete risk assessments on spoofing, jamming, and other attacks on radio frequencies is a ticking time bomb.