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Kaum zu glauben, aber die Drohnen der US Army senden ihre Videosignale unverschlüsselt durch die Gegend! Mit einem kleinen Tool für $25,95 kann man sich die Videosignale anschauen, ohne Probleme und ohne weitere Hacks! So machen es jetzt wohl die Menschen im Irak und in Afghanistan. Das Militär selber bestreitet das natürlich, dummerweise tauchen aber immer wieder Mitschnitte der Drohnenvideos auf, wo die wohl herkommen… ;).

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.
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Senior military and intelligence officials said the U.S. was working to encrypt all of its drone video feeds from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but said it wasn’t yet clear if the problem had been completely resolved.