talizmatik: Insurgents in Iraq intercepted live video feeds from the drones being relayed back to a US controller and revealing potential targets. A US official said the flaw was identified and fixed in the past 12 months. The problem only came to light after the US found many hours’ worth of videotaped recordings on militant laptops late last year and earlier this year. …The potential problem with the hacking was that insurgents, if they knew the locations being targeted, would be able to take evasive action.
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Insurgents in Iraq intercepted live video feeds from the drones being relayed back to a US controller and revealing potential targets. A US official said the flaw was identified and fixed in the past 12 months. The problem only came to light after the US found many hours’ worth of videotaped recordings on militant laptops late last year and earlier this year. …The potential problem with the hacking was that insurgents, if they knew the locations being targeted, would be able to take evasive action.

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