Topic: SECURITY - on December 17, 2011 at 12:01:00 PM CET
US spy drone hijacked with GPS spoof hack, report says
The US stealth drone broadcast last week on Iranian state television was captured by spoofing its GPS coordinates, a hack that tricked the bird into landing in Iranian territory instead of where it was programmed to touch down, The Christian Science Monitor reported.
The 1700-word article cited an unnamed Iranian engineer who said he's studying the inner workings of the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel that recently went missing over Iranian airspace. He said the spoofing technique made the craft “land on its own where we wanted it to, without having to crack the remote-control signals and communications” from the US control center.
theregister.co.uk techspot.com Debka: Whoever hacked the drone, hacked the CIA Lost U.S. Drone Was Monitoring Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Sources Say dailytech.com Did Iran hijack the 'beast'? Iran Shows Off Downed US RQ-170 Sentinel Spy Drone [youtube] IN-DEPTH PHOTO ANALYSIS OF THE SUPPOSED RQ-170 SENTINEL DRONE IN IRANIAN HANDSComputer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet [October 8, 2011] April, 2011 report identifying problems with drone communications including the risk of jamming and "lost link" events CIA Drone Run On Warez [Oct 14, 2010] Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones [December 18, 2009] Professor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Sharing Drone Plans With Students [July 4, 2009]
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