Insurgents Hack U.S. Drone Video Feeds
Insurgents Hack Predator Video Feed With $26 Software
The use of drone aircraft for surveillance and bombing has transformed how the US wages war -- a fact not lost on our cunning adversaries. Rather than just sit around, waiting for the next Predator missile strike, insurgents in Iraq have devised a way to intercept the video feed from drone sensors, giving them the same view as the drone's operator. And they did it with a $26 piece of off-the-shelf software.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Shiite militias in Iraq have used SkyGrabber, a piece of software developed in Russia for pirating satellite TV signals, to intercept the data feed from US drones. And while they haven't been able to hack into the drone to take control, this development helps neutralize one of America's key technological advantages.
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