[okdood64]

https://archive.is/Q1jdu

> Chris Roberts, a security researcher with One World Labs, told the FBI agent during an interview in February that he had hacked the in-flight entertainment system, or IFE, on an airplane and overwrote code on the plane’s Thrust Management Computer while aboard the flight. He was able to issue a climb command and make the plane briefly change course, the document states.

> “He stated that he thereby caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or sideways movement of the plane during one of these flights,” FBI Special Agent Mark Hurley wrote in his warrant application

Goes without saying this is so reckless and dangerous. Was he ever charged? I couldn't find any information.

[93po]

It’s not clear if there’s any validity to the claims

[defrost]

The telling quote from the linked Wired article is:

    Although Roberts hasn’t been charged yet with any crime, and there are questions about whether his actions really did cause the plane to list to the side or he simply thought they did, 

"or he simply thought they did"

The principal article for this thread concerns some far more open hackers who had an entire functioning COVID grounded aircraft scheduled for scrapping to play with. They assert that, as expected, the in flight entertainment and flight control systems are fully isolated as required to meet FAA regulations.

[ultrarunner]

"caused one of the airplane engines to climb" is about what you'd expect from a bad Hollywood take, so I think you're being overly polite with regard to the validity of his claims