Topic: Malware linked to Madrid air crash

[Clive]

Computer malware may have contributed to an air crash which killed over 150 people in Madrid in 2008, a Spanish newspaper has claimed.

LINK

[Rik]

Now that is worrying.

[Simon]

I guess where there's a computer, there's a malware threat. 

[Rik]

Can you imagine if one got into air traffic control?

[Simon]

I could...  but I'm sure they've thought of that. 

[Rik]

Wanna bet?

[GillE]

It wouldn't surprise me if air traffic control software already incorporates various levels of difficulty, just like in games.  In fact, it's probably all a bit like playing a computer game.  You can build your own airline by refusing to let planes take off or land until they have paid you a fee which you can use to buy your own aeroplanes and open your own airfields.  I understand the software developers are currently working on a shoot-'em-up expansion pack.

[Rik]