Good grief. The US military’s unmanned Predator and Reaper drones are continuing to fly remote missions overseas despite a computer virus that has infected their US-based cockpits. Government officials are still investigating whether the virus is benign, and how it
Boeing security
So the court said Matthew Neumann and Nicholas Tides were properly fired in 2008 for violating company policy of disclosing company information to the media, in this case the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, without company authorization. In 2007, the PI wrote: “Boeing and
Security news
The lesson of this story is that even (particularly?) computer security companies cannot put up with the inconvenience of standard security precautions. Greg Hoglund’s nightmare began on Super Bowl Sunday. On Feb. 6 the high-tech entrepreneur was sitting in his
Boeing’s clever idea
(Update – great link in John Regehr’s comment) Apparently, passenger, admin, and air control computers are all connected. Here’s a reassuring comment (emphasis added) Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter said the wording of the FAA document is misleading, and that the