Federal Aviation Administration computer systems

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System, Human Factors Team Report of the Computer-Human Interface Re-Evaluation (1998)... 

On 18 March 1998, federal criminal charges were unsealed against a computer hacker who had disabled a key telephone company computer servicing Worcester airport. As a result of a series of commands sent from the hacker s personal computer, vital services to the Federal Aviation Administration control tower were disabled for six hours in March of 1997, see http //www. justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/juvenilepld.htm. In April 2002, it was reported that hackers were able to penetrate a Federal Aviation Administration system and download unpublished information on airport passenger screening activities. See Poulsen (2002). 

A review conducted in 2010 by the United States Government reported that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) computer systems remained vulnerable to cyber attacks, since most air traffic control facilities had not been enhanced to adequately respond to cyber intrusions. The threat of cyber terrorism was... 

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