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Insurgents hack U.S. drones with $26 OTS software

I wonder how they determined the video on insurgents' computers had been intercepted on the downlink, unless they already knew about this vulnerability. (EDIT: They did. Since Bosnia in 1995. WTF?) Seems like they must be different clips than the stuff on YouTube.
 
Well, the un-encrypted Reaper costs $10M to 12M each- so how much for the upgraded version WITH encryption?

Wasn't there someone here that said the AF is like the DMV- only with guns? I suppose that's not fair. In this day/age of budgetary constraints I could see the Navy negotiating on a product with similar features.
 
Im wondering why they chose never to encrypt the video feed in the first place.... thats the actual inteligence and most important part.. (minus the actual controls of the UAV). :timebomb2
 
Just saw this on FoxNews. It seems that we're moving towards getting a little too reliant on high-speed technology. Proves the fact that we need to get back to basics - eyeballs actually in the cockpit with cheap, reliable, robust and mechanically redundant aircraft...enter...the mighty Turbo-Weenie :smile_pur
 

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UAV's were supposed to be cheap and expendable, some are. However it's going to get to the point where we can not afford to lose a UAV with all the equiptment that we need to put in them. I just don't like the idea of putting a bunch of link systems into a aircraft that we can just "lose contact" with.
 
bob88899 said:
Im wondering why they chose never to encrypt the video feed in the first place.... thats the actual inteligence and most important part.. (minus the actual controls of the UAV). :timebomb2
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Would be an easy way to spread disinformation. Make the enemy think he's seeing what is being monitored and then observe his movements.
 
The short story is they weren't "hacked" - it was a broadcast-in-the-clear signal. The long story is where COTS and rapid deployment of systems (dunno if predator was spiral development or not, but I'm guessing they'll use a bolt-on crypto module too) are taking new weapons systems.
 
Birdog8585 said:
Just saw this on FoxNews. It seems that we're moving towards getting a little too reliant on high-speed technology. Proves the fact that we need to get back to basics - eyeballs actually in the cockpit with cheap, reliable, robust and mechanically redundant aircraft.

I vote the mighty Turbo-Weenie :smile_pur
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How about the AT-6?
http://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com/military/at-6_ab/
 
Don't the UAVs crash or get shot down far more than manned aircraft? If crypto is added, is it not just a matter of time before it gets compromised?
 
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