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$40 Hardware Is Enough To Hack $28,000 Police Drones From 2km Away (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the sneak-attack dept.

mask.of.sanity writes: Thieves can hijack $28,000 professional drones used widely across the law enforcement, emergency, and private sectors using $40 worth of hardware. The quadcopters can be hijacked from up to two kilometers away thanks to a lack of encryption, which is not present due to latency overheads. Attackers can commandeer radio links to the drones from up to two kilometers away, and block operators from reconnecting to the craft. With the targeted Xbee chip being very common in drones, IBM security guy Nils Rodday says it is likely many more aircraft are open to compromise.

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  1. Re:How hard can it be? by sexconker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a taxpayer paying for the $28,000 drones, I say hack away. Drop them all from the sky.