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.
"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
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.