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A cybersecurity company has revealed a vulnerability in the computer systems used in some Boeing aircraft that allows hackers to modify data and causes pilots to make serious miscalculations.
Reuters quoted the cybersecurity company Pen Test Partners as saying in a report that hackers could tamper with older versions of a digital tool used to calculate landing and take-off speeds on some planes, adding that this could happen if hackers managed to penetrate the electronic flight bag, a tablet device that they use. Pilots to plan flights.
The report indicated that in the event of an alteration in the data and the resulting estimation errors were not detected during the inspection or verification process required by the crew, the aircraft could land on a very short runway or take off at incorrect speeds, which may lead to the plane’s tail hitting the ground or deviating from the ground. runway.
In turn, Boeing Security Adviser Alex Lomas said that the possibility of this impact on flight safety is very low .. Pilots are trained to deal with unusual situations, while the company confirmed in a statement that it was not aware of any aircraft affected by the problem, but it issued a software update to address it, stressing that the experts succeeded in Address and fix this vulnerability.
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