A ‘certain four-letter word’ sparked a security incident.

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, […]

  • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
    11·
    11 hours ago

    Naming a Bluetooth device “bomb” could absolutely be intentionally disruptive or threatening.

    Im not saying thats provable beyond reasonable doubt in this case.