[p2p-research] Drone hacking

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 01:22:44PM -0500, Samuel Rose wrote:
> Interesting, from military perspective:
> 
> If you think back to WW II, it was US and UK innovation of code breaking and
> radar that removed element of surprise advantage that Nazi germany was
> previously enjoying with expensive submarines, airplanes, and V-* rockets.
> 
> 
> Now, super low cost software and hardware could remove element of surprise

If they didn't bother to encrypt the video feed with standard crypto
(e.g. 3DES or AES) despite it being a known problem since 2005 draw 
your own conclusions, gentlemen.

> that US enjoys in middle east with expensive drones.

Unfortunately the drones are still too cheap. And unfortunately the
targets are too low tech to fight back with the same, and teach the real
meaning of asymmetric warfare by hacking a Cessna into a HE UAV crashing
a high-profile dinner, or by placing a primitive 10 kT nuke in a Manhattan 
penthouse during peak population hours. 

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