Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones

Post by tsally » Thu, Dec 17, 2009, 10:00 AM UTC

atamyrat wrote: post #24

tsally wrote: post #6

I have a thought. How about next time the military just flies one of these things down to Defcon and lets people have a go. The hackers get a cool toy to play with a for a day and the military gets a free fairly sophisticated penetration test. I'm sure the flaw would have been found; instructions on how to intercept satellite data with about $100 worth of hardware have been floating around for years. I'll edit this p…

I played with sky grabbing few years back. Receiver you linked is set-top box, you need PCI receiver card, such as SkyStar ( http://www.technisat.com/index381f.html?nav=PC_products,en,7... ) No, you don't have to modify the receiver, card captures IP traffic just out of the box with right software. There was another free alternative to SkyGrabber that runs on Linux, but I can't recall the name now. edit: grammar edit…

Post by blueben » Thu, Dec 17, 2009, 10:03 AM UTC

pmorici wrote: post #28

kbob wrote: post #27

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Oldest mistake in the book: since the adversaries dress differently, speak a different language, and are a different race, assume they must be idiots. The WSJ reporter fell into the same trap: Iraqis and Afghans couldn't have figured out how to tap a video feed on their own; they must have had Iranian help.

Well by that reasoning the reporter should think the Iranian's are idiots as well so what you're saying makes no sense.

Post by johnyzee » Thu, Dec 17, 2009, 10:38 AM UTC

ars wrote: post #20

I hope instead of shutting it down, the military feeds them false information. If done right, it could make a good trap.

Post by gaius » Thu, Dec 17, 2009, 11:01 AM UTC

kbob wrote: post #27

pmorici wrote: post #15

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The article said that people knew the potential existed since the mid 90's so the problem was't ignorance it was arrogance and apathy.

Oldest mistake in the book: since the adversaries dress differently, speak a different language, and are a different race, assume they must be idiots. The WSJ reporter fell into the same trap: Iraqis and Afghans couldn't have figured out how to tap a video feed on their own; they must have had Iranian help.

Post by apgwoz » Thu, Dec 17, 2009, 11:26 AM UTC

gaius wrote: post #46

roundsquare wrote: post #34

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How much does that affect a user? I mean, if you take the time to learn how much it strays, are you at that point just as accurate as someone with a more accurate weapon? I've never used a gun so I'm curious.

All rifles do this a bit; snipers/designated marksmen get very accustomed to their personal weapons, and need to take time to re-acclimatize with any other rifle. For a regular line infantryman in a modern army who is mainly using his rifle for suppressive fire it doesn't significantly reduce his effectiveness.