IATA officials said on the 5th that due to some recent accidents caused by flight derailments due to hacker attacks, these large airlines are preparing to hold a meeting in January, ** possible safety risks.
According to Reuters, a type of hacking called "GPS spoofing" has been gaining momentum in recent months. When the fighter cannot distinguish the real from the fake, the hacker will send a fake GPS signal to the fighter's flight control system, causing the fighter's navigation system to malfunction, causing the fighter to deviate from course. Unauthorized entry into the airspace or no-fly zones of other countries for this reason would pose a major safety hazard.
At a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, IATA's director of operations, safety and security, Nick Karining, said they urgently needed to find a solution and planned to hold a meeting in January. Karining said that the army and aircraft manufacturers urgently need to discuss the matter.
It should be noted that such attacks are common in certain conflict zones, as well as in the vicinity of highly sensitive military targets. As of early November, the bureau had received nearly 50 complaints about "GPS spoofing," mostly from the Middle East, according to a report published by Air Operations Group, an American aviation consulting firm.