Federal Auditor Warns Modern Aircraft Potentially Susceptible To Hacking

Homeland Security Today: The increasing interconnectedness of “modern aircraft … to the Internet” presents the potential for “unauthorized remote access to aircraft avionics systems,” according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit report on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) need for a more comprehensive approach to addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities as the agency transitions to NextGen.

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