Cyber-attack / Malware?

Causing a large commercial airliner to crash by remotely cutting off fuel to engines would be quite a feat. Would exploit be most manageable at departure? Location is almost fixed. Plane control is most vulnerable immediately at take-off. What, if any, vital control domains are transitioned outboard vs onboard at takeoff? Etc...

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This article is at least nuanced, but reads more like muck-raking and rehabilitation than systemic analysis.

Regarding the article's language: the focus on "single point of failure" reads like weasel words regarding the "core network": A "point" of failure is extremely context sensitive. To the occupants of the vehicle, the plane itself is a single point of failure.