"You knew this was coming: Hacker figures out how to skyjack drones"

[FSogol]

From by Lee Teschler of Machine Design

"Ii had to happen.

A noted hacker now claims he can highjack simple drones and get control of them. Samy Kamkar, a privacy and security researcher perhaps best known for creating the Evercookie, a nearly-impossible-to-delete web browser cookie, says he uses a Parrot AR.Drone 2 to fly in the vicinity of the drone target. This quadcopter, widely available for about $200, looks for the wireless signal that is used to control the target drone, then disconnects the wireless connection and pretends to be the owner."


Whole article here: http://machinedesign.com/blog/you-knew-was-coming-hacker-figures-out-how-skyjack-drones

[intaglio]

1. One particular make of hobby UAV with an unsecured data channel

Yeh , real scary

[FSogol]

2. It's a start. n/t

[bananas]

3. How will we know if skynet has become conscious or if it's just a hacker?