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Cyber Security and Ethics Live Penetration Test Discussion

 

I’m working on a cyber security question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

During a United Airlines flight from California to Ohio, a California University cybersecurity student decided to conduct a live penetration test of the flight. The student commandeered the Boeing aircraft by tampering with the thrust management computer via its in-flight entertainment system, causing one of the airplane engines to climb. That resulted in a jarring sideways movement of the aircraft and oxygen masks dropping from overhead. The turbulence-like motion frightened some passengers, causing them to scream, cry, soil themselves, and/or discover religion. Other passengers were nonplussed and continued to read the SkyMall magazine located in the seatback pocket in front of them. The student did not intend to harm anyone onboard but the actions against such critical systems could have been grave. Give an ethical argument for and against the student