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Offline Chris Thomas

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Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software
« on: December 18, 2009, 06:50:57 PM »
Iraqi militants are intercepting sensitive video feeds from US predator drones using $26 off-the-shelf software, and the same technique leaves feeds from most military aircraft vulnerable to snooping, according to published reports.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/17/us_drones_hacked/

Scary stuff!! :o :o
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Re: Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2009, 06:55:10 PM »
hey it would be one Kodak Picture moment if the insurgents were tracking a drone and they saw the video feed and they then saw a closeup of their faces, and before they could say OH...SHI....... Hell fire missiles took them out.
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Re: Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2009, 07:11:07 PM »
yeah it's that "skygrabber" thing...been on top of google searches for the least 2 or three days I read... I guess everybody these days needs to take down US drones   :D
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Re: Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 07:43:14 PM »
It might be able to grab the video feed, but it as far as any report goes, hasn't been able to control either its navigation or weapon systems.
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Re: Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2009, 12:32:38 AM »
If they want to intercept videos, why don't they go to YouTube ???  ;D ;D
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