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

[Charles Ulrich]

How about the person who thought it would it would be a good idea to  
use windows in any part of system where lives are at stake? At least  
there you can prove gross negligence.

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On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:

> 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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