Researcher Appears to have Exploited Vulnerability During Flight

I have followed this story for some time and was, in fact, in San Francisco when the story broke (Chris Roberts was attempting to board a flight to attend several security events in San Francisco when he was pulled from the plane by the FBI).  I like many others have mixed emotions about this situation.  Finding vulnerabilities and pushing for remediation and change is a good thing, but I do believe a line was potentially crossed if Mr. Roberts actually exploited a plane in mid-flight.  The risk/reward of that hack is a little too high for me.

I am thrilled to see the response by United Airlines to implement a bug bounty program.

http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/researcher-appears-to-have-exploited-vulnerability-during-flight/

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