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December 17, 2009
Iraq insurgents hacking video downlink from drones
I suppose this is a natural evolution of the battlespace if you're broadcasting in the clear with hardware that was rushed into production and service.
Shia fighters are said to have used off-the-shelf software programs such as SkyGrabber to capture the footage.
The hacking was possible because the remotely flown planes have an unprotected communications link.
If we were clever, we'd leave everything as is and use the unencrypted channels to broadcast bullshit video from flights that happened in the past, and an encrypted link for the real stuff.