American researchers took control of a flying drone by hacking into its
GPS system - acting on a $1,000 (£640) dare from the US Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). A University of Texas at Austin team used
“spoofing” - a technique where the drone mistakes the signal from
hackers for the one sent from GPS satellites. The same method may have
been used to bring down a US drone in Iran in 2011. Analysts say that
the demo shows the potential danger of using drones. Drones are unmanned
aircraft, often controlled from a hub located thousands of kilometres
away.They are mostly used by the military in conflict zones such as
Afghanistan. Todd Humphreys and his colleagues from the Radionavigation
Lab at the University of Texas at Austin hacked the GPS system of a
drone belonging to the university.They demonstrated the technique to DHS
officials, using a mini helicopter drone, flown over a stadium in
Austin, said Fox News, who broke the story.
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