U.S. Air Traffic Control Found Vulnerable

U.S. Air Traffic Control Found Vulnerable
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-10-14

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has agreed to examine computer security at air traffic control centers around the country, following a government audit that found the systems insufficiently secured against cyber attacks.

I despair of these fools. Maybe some real prison time is required to slap some *&^(*&^%( sense into them. 2004-10-25
Roger

So last year it turned out that a nuclear power plant was operating a critical monitoring system on Windows, had it connected to the 'net, and it was infected by Slammer.

Now it turns out that the FAA has air traffic control systems running on Windows and connected to the 'net, and there's a stro...

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