I was thinking about that plane crash.

They said it might've been something to do with onboard anti-stall software.

Could you bring down a plane with a worm or a virus? Something like STUXNET or FLAME. If a virus can tear apart a centrifuge I'm sure it can cause a stall.

And could you infect a plane with a worm to begin with?

>>5614155

>Stuxnet specifically targets programmable logic controllers (PLCs), which allow the automation of electromechanical processes such as those used to control machinery and industrial processes including centrifuges for separating nuclear material.

>Stuxnet functions by targeting machines using the Microsoft Windows operating system and networks, then seeking out Siemens Step7 software. Stuxnet reportedly compromised Iranian PLCs, collecting information on industrial systems and causing the fast-spinning centrifuges to tear themselves apart.[4]Stuxnet’s design and architecture are not domain-specific and it could be tailored as a platform for attacking modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and PLC systems (e.g., in factory assembly lines or power plants),

I think it's doable, but yeah, how would you get it in?

Do we know if these planes run Windows software? And could you do it wirelessly? What about during assembly or maintainence?

>>5614184

>>5614184

Not an expert. Just think you could target anti-stall software with a cyberseapon very easily.

Information recovered from the jet's data recorder last week led the FAA to issue an emergency directive warning pilots that a computer on the 737 Max could force the plane to descend sharply for up to 10 seconds even in manual flight, making it difficult for a pilot to control the aircraft.

Pilots can stop this automated response by pressing two buttons if the system behaves unexpectedly, the directive said.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwif4oKr6_jgAhULGKwKHVX_D0EQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.ae%2Fbusiness%2Faviation%2Fus-aviation-regulators-and-boeing-look-at-737-max-software-change-1.791567&psig=AOvVaw2Z6_QrYeBIb1qAJKcdu9zn&ust=1552350753338380

https://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/us-aviation-regulators-and-boeing-look-at-737-max-software-change-1.791567