DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight. On Monday, passengers aboard Delta flight 591 going from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement. The incident came one day after the DEF CON security conference concluded in Las Vegas and was first described on social media accounts that follow publicly available air-to-ground messages, known as ACARS. According to the “ACARS Drama” account, a message sent by pilots from the plane stated: “NO INFO AS OF NOW WE HAVE A….
arstechnica.com covered an intrusion into operational technology systems. The affected systems include industrial control infrastructure used for managing physical processes. SCADA and PLC systems exposed to external networks without proper segmentation create attack paths that bypass traditional network perimeter defenses. The breach method used in this case involved known configuration weaknesses.
Source: arstechnica.com