AirDrop can be used as a weapon in some circumstances
A high school student is now facing the long arm of the law, after he used Apple’s AirDrop to send a bomb threat to other passengers on an American Airlines flight.
AirDrop is a technology used by Apple products like iPhones to quickly send and receive files between devices. It can be quite useful in offices or education settings, but it has been weaponized by some bad actors.
According to a report from local El Paso news station KTSM a juvenile was arrested and faces charges relating to a bomb threat made via AirDrop during an American Airlines flight. The juvenile was attempting to AirDrop files with other users on the flight, when a prompt would appear on their devices stating, “I have a bomb would like to share a photo.”
That means the student was likely sharing the threat with classmates who had them in their contacts. In either case, the result is a grounded flight, angry passengers, and a felony charge.
