Originally Posted by HugeWood

Hacker demonstrates remote airplane hijacking using Android phone

Hugo Teso, who is a security professional as well as a licensed pilot demonstrated how one could remotely hijack an airplane using nothing but an Android device as the tool.

It turns out that two important aviation systems -- the Automated Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) -- are completely unencrypted and unauthenticated, allowing anyone with the right tools and a little know-how to access the system remotely without too much trouble.

Teso was able to control the steering of a Boeing jet, as long as the plane was in autopilot mode.

http://www.slashgear.com/hacker-demo...hone-11277434/