Severe Bugs in U.S.Military Fighter Jet Let Hackers Takes Sensitive Controls while Jet Flying

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Severe Bugs in U.S.Military Fighter Jet Let Hackers Takes Sensitive Controls while Jet Flying

A group of seven Ethical hackers who were exclusively allowed to test the flight system for a U.S. military fighter jet, in result, they found severe vulnerabilities in critical F-15 fighter jetsystems.

The flaws allowed them to take control of video cameras and sensors while the fighter jet on flying and completely shut down the Trusted Aircraft Information Download Station (TADS), a $20,000 device that collects data from video cameras and sensors while jets are in flight.

Ethical hackers were tried to exploit the system using various form of attacks such as injecting the system with malware, and even going at it with pliers and screwdrivers, Will Roper, the Air Force’s official said to Washington post.

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