A computer security expert told the FBI that he hacked into the computer systems aboard airliners up to 20 times and managed to briefly take control of an aircraft engine during a flight, court documents reveal. Chris Roberts, CTO and founder of One World Labs, told FBI agents he connected his computer to the in-flight entertainment system and then overwrote code to commandeer the thrust management system, according to a search warrant filed last month in a federal court in Syracuse, New York. FBI agents seized a cache of electronics equipment from Roberts after he tweeted about hacking the computers on a United Airlines flight, according to court papers.
