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The air navigation system can be hacked from any computer

The employee of the company IOActive made a sensational statement, in which he announced that he had found the opportunity to change the course of the aircraft from any computer on which special software was installed.

According to Ruben Santamarty, the vulnerability he discovered in the system of satellite air navigation for aircraft makes it possible to completely disrupt the operation of any airliner. Ruben points out that if the situation is not immediately remedied, the consequences of any delay can be the most disastrous, since altered navigation can lead to dozens and hundreds of air crashes around the world, and these are thousands of human lives.

The vulnerabilities found by Ruben Santamarta in the satellite air navigation system are still looking for official confirmation, but given the likelihood that if an employee of the security systems was able to independently get access, then the probability is high that someone else can repeat the same. 

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