--- title: DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta... description: A DEF CON attendee is suspected of attempting to hijack Delta Airlines in-flight Wi-Fi, highlighting ongoing concerns about wireless security in aviation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-dingus-suspected-of-trying-to-take-over-delta-in-flight-wi-fi-fxscf4opg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi | daily.dev og:description: A DEF CON attendee is suspected of attempting to hijack Delta Airlines in-flight Wi-Fi, highlighting ongoing concerns about wireless security in aviation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-dingus-suspected-of-trying-to-take-over-delta-in-flight-wi-fi-fxscf4opg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fXsCF4oPg.png og:image:alt: DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A DEF CON attendee is suspected of attempting to hijack Delta Airlines in-flight Wi-Fi, highlighting ongoing concerns about wireless security in aviation environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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