$26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backi

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12-17-2009, 06:25 PM

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By SIOBHAN GORMAN, YOCHI J. DREAZEN and AUGUST COLE

WASHINGTON -- Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.

Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes' systems. Shiite fighters in Iraq used software programs such as SkyGrabber -- available for as little as $25.95 on the Internet -- to regularly capture drone video feeds, according to a person familiar with reports on the matter.

Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones - WSJ.com

12-17-2009, 06:26 PM

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hook us up, I wanna watch what the watchers are watching

12-17-2009, 07:09 PM

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Figures. Some damn contractor charges the US taxpayers millions of dollars for these systems, and they're about as sophisticated as a damn toaster.

12-17-2009, 08:48 PM

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i'm watching a bombing run on youtube.......

wait a sec... that's what "thatpoorguy" here on NP works on... i bet he is behind it!

12-18-2009, 12:27 PM

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That's great, when they fix it (again) the hacked feed should go to the flir version of modren warfare playbacks instead of live recon.

******* bozos, I swear