Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Week 10 - Weather Bureau Hacked

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology was recently hacked.  While that may seem innocuous to some, it can present big-time problems for others.  Many people and entities rely on accurate weather to safely do their jobs, to include my chosen field--aviation.  How dangerous would it be for an airliner to assume the forecast provided permitted a safe flight to their destination?  How exactly it was hacked hasn't been ascertained, but it has been revealed it will take upwards of a year and hundreds of millions of dollars to fix.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34980884