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Drone pilot's computers hit with keylogger

article published on 8 October, 2011

Although unconfirmed by the military, it appears that the computers used to control Reaper and Predator drones have been hit by a nasty keylogger. The drone control facility, located at Nevada's Creech Air Force Base, controls the unmanned flights on missions into Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other nations. Because of the nature of the missions, computers at the base are not allowed ... [ read the full article ]

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_ 		9. October 2011 @ 02:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I guess this is better than when they were using unencrypted sat signals so that people could easily monitor location and video feeds with normal end-user hardware.
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_ 		10. October 2011 @ 21:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well isn't that comforting to know? The most powerful military in the world is being hacked like they are operating on a shoestring budget. Where is the money going? Oh yeah I forgot, its lining the defense contractors pockets.
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