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Airliners subject to cyberattacks that could crash navigation systems

By Ethan Barton
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Airliners subject to cyberattacks that could crash navigation systems

Navigation systems on commercial airliners and private aircraft could be shut down while in flight by Internet-based hackers because of persistent cybersecurity weaknesses in the Federal Aviation Administration’s newest aviation control system.

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