Here's Danger Room:
Using cheap, downloadable programs like SkyGrabber, militants were apparently able to watch and record the video feed — and potentially be tipped off when U.S. and coalition forces are stalking them. The $26 software was originally designed to let users download movies and songs off of the internet. Turns out, the program lets you nab Predator drone feeds just as easily as pirated copies of The Hangover.
And here’s the real scandal: Military officials have known about this potential vulnerability since the Bosnia campaign. That was over 10 years ago.
How is this possible? Witness the foresight of the US Army:
The Army drones are the most vulnerable to interception, because they broadcast their feeds unencrypted and in every direction. Retrofitting the hand-held Raven UAVs will take “at least two years,” Col. Gregory Gonzalez tells Hoffman. Locking up the Army’s other drones may take even longer.
Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic.
1 comment:
washington, the pentagon, whoever, figured the bad guys won't exploit any vulnerabilities they're not told about. they figured wrong. the bad guys learned from that downloaded pirate copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' -- "Click your heels together three times, Dorothy."
it's gonna take two years to retrofit the drones? hm. well. the sooner they get started, the sooner they'll be done. right?
idiots.
sincerely,
thorn
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