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Not just HN, this is pretty much all over the web.
Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance
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Fake signals are not uncommon, but mostly accidental. They are dealt with very quickly when causing traffic control problems
I'm guessing this doesn't cause traffic control problems due to the no-fly zone over that area?
Probably is not causing traffic issues. With that said I'm sure a number of TLA's are looking into it already, so whoever did it has hopefully took a number of infosec steps not to get caught and questioned.
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#46The FCC and the FAA are two federal agencies that really don't want to mess with, so I hope for their sake they didn't actually spoof it. (.... I wish there were an FBB as well)
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#47Most likely they spoofed the reporting API to "FlightAware" or other ADSB crowd-data-sourced sites and didn't spoof "ADSB Signals"
Actually spoofing ADSB radio signals could very well land you in prison with a $100,000 fine. The FCC is very eager to find and fine you for these kinds of stunts.
Spamming flightaware is much less severe, but still... it's not cute to mess with life-safety critical infrastructure.
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#48The FCC and the FAA are two federal agencies that really don't want to mess with, so I hope for their sake they didn't actually spoof it. (.... I wish there were an FBB as well)
plus they did that right next to an airport
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#49This has gotta be some sort of federal crime
It's almost certainly a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act because it's an extremely broad law.
Violating terms and conditions is not a CFAA violation, per the Supreme Court case Van Buren v US (https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/supreme-court-cyber...) which narrowed to actual fraud and data theft.
"The Government’s interpretation of the statute would attach criminal penalties to a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity,” Barrett wrote. “If the ‘exceeds authorized access’ clause criminalizes every violation of a computer-use policy, then millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens are criminals."
adsbexchange is a user-generated content platform where you can submit decoded radio signals to a common database. Sending fake data to adsbexchange is as much a CFAA violation as posting hoaxes to Wikipedia or a social media platform.
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No way... wtf?
This is not even a surprise. Trump has been a fan of Putin for years.
It may not be a surprise to you but it is a surprise to me because there are many other characters that he could be a fan of , he's literally giving Putin top billing here, right next to a picture of what seems to be him and his granddaughter.
What's next? Pol Pot? Stalin? Kim?