However, Tuinman then went on to say that if the worst case scenario does come to fruition he believes that, through unknown means, the F-35’s software could be altered without permission by third party operators. He compared this directly to ‘jailbreaking’ an iPhone, a process which allows end users to access features on iOS devices that are not usually allowed by Apple’s own software at the cost of theoretically voiding the device’s warranty and opening up the risk of security vulnerabilities or software malfunctions.
Imagine the stock price once one her is confirmed hacked/kill switched. Every global ally using the platform stops using it and the maintenance contracts and buy orders are cancelled.
Any defence company would refuse to build something that, if actually used, destroys the company.
It didn’t stop then releasing a software update at any time that could do the same though, so… still a sort of valid fear, if international relations were already crumbling and the order book was empty etc