Students hijack drone for $1,000 bet

bhramos

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So how safe are the Drones, if this type of Tech falls in hands of terrorists???

TEXAS: On a dare, Texas college researchers hacked into and hijacked a drone of the US Homeland Security before the eyes of the officials operating it. Using a technique called 'spoofing' where a signal from hackers imitates the one sent to the drone's on-board GPS, the researchers managed to take control of a small but powerful drone in mid-air .

During the experiment conducted at the University of Texas stadium, the small red drone soared into the sky following a clear set of commands entered into its computer. Shortly after, the aircraft veered to the side, making it obvious that it was no longer following its original orders.

Then, the drone hurtled toward the ground as if given a self-destruct command and was saved in the last moment.

And the hijacking was just for a $1,000 wager. But the incident has unnerved Homeland security officials, as the spoofing has made it possible for anyone with a $1,000 and a plan to turn a harmless UAV into a missile and crash it into a building.

The hijackers team led by professor Todd Humphreys at Austin Radio-navigation Laboratory said his team was able to build the most sophisticated spoofing system yet that tricked the drone into following a new set of commands . "Spoofing a GPS receiver on a UAV is just another way of hijacking a plane," Humphreys said.

The stadium display was not the first time government officials witnessed spoofing in action. Last Tuesday, officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security watched as Humphreys' team repeatedly hijacked a drone from a remote hilltop in New Mexico.
Sudents hijack drone for $1,000 bet - The Times of India
 

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Students hijack drone for $1,000 bet


Either he will be fired or hired by CIA:cool2::cool2::cool2:
 

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well congrations to american atleast this time it was hijacked by americans hope this time they would solved this problem before chinses hackers stole it
 

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Seems like a promotion for CoD Black Ops 2. :p
 

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Most drones signals are not encrypted..

I cant say about new developments..
 

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Most drones signals are not encrypted..

I cant say about new developments..
i had learned before that in Afghan the TV used to receive signals and could see what drone could, and later it was improved situation..
 

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