Flight disruptions can cost billions of dollars, but most modern commercial flights rely on air traffic control systems that harbor serious vulnerabilities. The Federal Aviation Administration uses an infrastructure called NextGen, which relies on Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast, or ADS-B for short. Since the beginning of 2020, all aircraft that fly within the U.S. must be equipped with ADS-B Out. This aspect of ADS-B broadcasts an airplane's vital information, in plain text, f...
