cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/47299437
United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to be on the flight and reported that the crew repeatedly requested passengers to turn off their Bluetooth. According to one poster, […]
Could have been a prank played on a passenger who had no idea, I hope.
Imagine a technologically illiterate person about to get on a flight, had just been visiting with relatives among whom was a mischievous tech-savvy* cousin who wanted to play one last prank.
That’s exactly what I thought. If someone didn’t respond to the repeated requests, perhaps they didn’t know. Wicked prank for someone about to fly.