Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software

Iraqi militants are intercepting sensitive video feeds from US predator drones using $26 off-the-shelf software, and the same technique leaves feeds from most military aircraft vulnerable to snooping, according to published reports.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/17/us_drones_hacked/

Scary stuff!! :o :o

hey it would be one Kodak Picture moment if the insurgents were tracking a drone and they saw the video feed and they then saw a closeup of their faces, and before they could say OH…SHI… Hell fire missiles took them out.

yeah it’s that “skygrabber” thing…been on top of google searches for the least 2 or three days I read… I guess everybody these days needs to take down US drones :smiley:

It might be able to grab the video feed, but it as far as any report goes, hasn’t been able to control either its navigation or weapon systems.

If they want to intercept videos, why don’t they go to YouTube ??? ;D ;D