U. S. Department of Homeland Security recognizes Boeing 757 hacking

On November 8 during the CyberSat Summit event, Robert Hickey, aviation program manager within the Cyber Security Division of the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, revealed that he and his team of experts had remotely hacked a Boeing 757 parked at an airport in Atlantic City.

Hacking took place more than a year ago and was achieved by accessing the 757 radio frequency communications. All other details are classified information.