Re: Iraqi Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones

[chris () blask org]

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com> wrote:

> U.S. officials say there is no evidence that militants were
> able to take control of the drones or otherwise interfere with their
> flights. 

While the opposition on the ground is not known to have achieved it, in lab settings allied researchers have hijacked 
the communications stream to hack the backend, opening up at least to some extent Pandora's box.  Since these systems 
are based on old technology it is not as simple as bolting on some COTS crypto to shield the traffic.

-chris


      
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