[GLLUG] Evidence of Trojan in Spanair Fatal Air Crash Case

[Clay Dowling]

Looks like a prime case to find the author of the malware and charge him
with 154 counts of murder.

On 8/24/10 11:17 PM, Stanley C. Mortel wrote:
> How in the hell could they leave a vital control system open to an
> infected USB stick????
> 
> Stan
> 
> --Judge to Examine Evidence on Malware in Spanair Fatal Air Crash Case
> (August 20 & 23, 2010)
> A Spanish judge will investigate whether or not malware on a Spanair
> computer system had anything to do with the system's failure to raise
> alerts prior to a 2008 airplane crash that killed 154 of 172 people on
> board.  The official cause of the crash was pilot error; the pilots were
> found to have failed to extend the airplane's take-off flaps and slats.
> However, the investigation also found that a warning system failed to
> alert the pilots that the flaps and slats had not extended and had also
> failed to do so on two previous occasions.  Each failure should have
> been logged into Spanair's maintenance system, which was found to be
> infected with malware.  Three failures would have triggered an alarm
> that would have kept the airplane grounded until the problem was fixed.
> The judge has called for Spanair to release computer logs for the days
> before and after the crash.  The malware infection appears to have
> spread through a flash drive.
> Internet Storm Center: http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9433
> http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/229633,trojans-linked-to-spanish-air-crash.aspx
> 
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226900089
> 
> http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/08/infected-usb-thumb-drive-implicated-in-deadly-2008-spanair-jetliner-crash/1?loc=interstitialskip
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/spanair_malware/
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38790670/ns/technology_and_science-security/
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20014237-83.html?tag=mncol;title
> 
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