Texas college hacks government drone

LadyEagle · Jun 27, 2012

There are a lot of cool things you can do with $1,000, but scientists at an Austin, Texas college have come across one that is often overlooked: for less than a grand, how’d you like to hijack a US government drone?

A group of researchers led by Professor Todd Humphreys from the University of Texas at Austin Radionavigation Laboratory recently succeeded in raising the eyebrows of the US government. With just around $1,000 in parts, Humphreys’ team took control of an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US Department of Homeland Security.

After being challenged by his lab, the DHS dared Humphreys’ crew to hack into their drone and take command. Much to their chagrin, they did exactly that.
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http://rt.com/usa/news/texas-1000-us-government-906/

It doesn't take much imagination to figure out that terrorists could hack these, too, and what they might plan to do with them. There will be 30,000 flying over our heads thanks to Congress. :tear:

preachinjesus · Jun 27, 2012

This vulnerability has been known for a while. I'm surprised this hasn't been fixed...but then again it is the US government. Anyone who dreams up these big conspiracy theories probably doesn't really know how screwed up the whole system is, zero possibility of grand old conspiracies.

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