The Coin-Sized Threat: How Researchers Exposed Critical Vulnerabilities in Boeing 737 Avionics

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Introduction In an era where cybersecurity threats have become increasingly sophisticated, a team of academic researchers has demonstrated a vulnerability in one of the world's most widely used commercial aircraft that challenges fundamental assumptions about aviation security. At the Usenix cybersecurity conference in August 2026, researchers from the University of California San Diego and Oberlin College presented a technique capable of commandeering the autopilot of a Boeing 737 using a devic...