[Scan-DC] Hacking drone video

Andrew Clegg w4jecom at w4je.com
Sun Dec 20 11:50:12 EST 2009


Apparently "SkyGrabber" was one software packages that was used to intercept 
the drone feeds, according to this article:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/hacked-drones-secure-us-spy-planes/story?id=9366687

The English is a bit rough, but here's a link to SkyGrabber's web site with 
a bit of info about how it works:

http://www.skygrabber.com/en/skygrabber.php

I don't know anything about this, but it's interesting that you can 
apparently grab files off of broadband satellite downlinks. I would have 
thought that if you sign up for satellite internet, your own data is somehow 
encrypted separately from other users. But apparently not, according to 
SkyGrabber's description:

"The program intercepts data of other users, assemble in files and saves 
files in your hard drive. SkyGrabber makes your life more exciting and 
interesting."

Your life probably also becomes "more exciting and interesting" when other 
people are using SkyGrabber to grab your banking data and the like.

Andy 



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