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Is this the guy who claimed he hacked into an engine control computer via the in-flight entertainment system network?

So is this evidence that he didn't actually do that, or just that the FBI was unable to decrypt or otherwise get anything useful from his devices?

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Part 1) Yes

Part 2) I don't know

Part 1) This is according merely to an FBI affidavit [1] applying for a search warrant, much less a charge or conviction. Roberts has claimed he was misrepresented, albeit understandably coyly [2]. "Yes" is an uncritical answer.

[1] http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Chris-Robert...

[2] http://www.slideshare.net/EC-Council/a-funny-thing-happened-... (slide 10; apropos nothing, this was a very boring and actually mildly annoying talk)

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