Pathetic and Shameful:Militants in Iraq used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones (Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones)
Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes’ systems. Shiite fighters in Iraq used software programs such as SkyGrabber — available for as little as $25.95 on the Internet — to regularly capture drone video feeds, according to a person familiar with reports on the matter.
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Isn’t the private sector wonderful ? A $26 software program which allows one to capture the feed from a multi-million dollar weapon system….fantastic… of course the techs will quickly close this vulnerability…