Comments on: Military Knew Drones Could Be Hacked In 2004

By: I AdaM

I AdaM — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:49:28 +0000

The military does not disclose their weaknesses quite this readily. I ask what is the reason we are being allowed to know this, for what effect? I believe this may vary well be a pretext for some “false flag” attack against Americans, home or abroad, or just more fear mongering. We don't know what we are not supposed to know. I can see it now “DRONE HACKED!, ON COLLISION COURSE FOR WHITE HOUSE”. or DC, etc.

By: I AdaM

I AdaM — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:44:37 +0000

The military does not disclose their weaknesses quite this readily. I ask what is the reason we are being allowed to know this, for what effect? I believe this my vary well be a pretext for some “false flag” attack against Americans home or abroad, or just more fear mongering. We don't know what we are not supposed to know. I can see it now “DROWN HACKED CRASHES ON COLLISION COURSE FOR WHITE HOUSE”. or DC, etc.

By: GoodDoktorBad

GoodDoktorBad — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:15:35 +0000

I wonder how much encryption they can put in the control signals. It might cause an unacceptable delay in video and remote control function. It takes time to run the decryption on both ends (remote control and plane), not to mention the delay in relation to the distance from the plane. Just a theory…

By: 5by5

5by5 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:03:23 +0000

What's shocking is that they'd use such a low grade of encryption. Something that one of these goobers in a cave who can barely read, can hack. That's just pathetic. And it's even more pathetic considering how much the American taxpayer is spending on this high-tech crap, all to fight an enemy that is basically so backward, they haven't even really adopted the concept of a nation-state — they're still all tribal.

By: GoodDoktorBad

GoodDoktorBad — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:23:55 +0000

What's so shocking about this? There are so many holes in this kind of system, it was only a matter of time before this happened.
In theory, any computer can be hacked. Fancy hardware be damned, Its just a fancy radio controlled plane- deadly as it may be. Any radio (video) transmission can be intercepted, over-ridden or disrupted by a more powerful signal. Encryption of the transmitted data is the only effective means of avoiding outside “hacking”.
To those that don't know, encryption makes the data uninteligible to any receiving computer that doesn't have the “encryption key”. For every weapon there is another weapon to defend against it.