Systems and methods for relating network intrusions to passenger-owned devices

A method of relating a data intrusion on a network of a vehicle to a passenger on the vehicle, the network including a network processor, a network storage area of at least a first storage device, and a first plurality of wireless network-access devices distributed in a passenger area of the vehicle that are accessible by the passenger using a passenger-owned device having a corresponding wireless communication device, the method comprising:

• storing on a correlation-engine storage area communications information representative of data communications occurring on the network, the data communications including information that is unique to the passenger-owned device,
• receiving from the network processor intrusion information associated with a detected unauthorized data intrusion on the network by the passenger-owned device communicating wirelessly with the network system through at least one of the first plurality of network-access devices;
• and
• identifying the passenger-owned device based at least in part on the stored communications information.

A network system on board an aircraft, the network system comprising

• a network processor;
• a network storage device operatively coupled to the network processor;
• and
• a first plurality of wireless network-access devices distributed in a passenger cabin of the aircraft that are accessible by a passenger using a passenger-owned device having a corresponding wireless communication device;
• wherein the network processor is configured to:
• (a) store on the network storage device:
• (i) communications information representative of data communications occurring on the network system, the data communications including information that is unique to the passenger-owned device,
• (ii) network use information representative of network-access devices of the plurality of the network-access devices used for communications received from the passenger-owned device, and
• (iii) passenger-cabin configuration information relating passenger seat locations to locations of the first plurality of wireless network-access devices;
• (b) detect an unauthorized data intrusion on the network system by the passenger-owned device communicating wirelessly with the network system through at least one of the first plurality of network-access devices;
• and
• (c) determine at least one seat location associated with the passenger-owned device based at least in part on the stored communications information, network use information, and passenger-cabin-configuration information.