Killer drones hacked in Iraq operations

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Insurgents of Iraq have apparently intercepted live video feeds from the U.S. military’s Predator drones using a $25.95 Windows application that allows them to track the pilotless aircraft concealed.

Hackers working with Iraqi militants were able to determine which areas of the country were under observation by the U.S. military, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, adding that video feeds from drones in Afghanistan also emerge to have been compromised.

Drone during its Flight

in the meantime, a senior Air Force officer said Wednesday that a wave of new shadowing aircraft, both manned and unmanned, were being deployed to Afghanistan to strengthen “eyes in the sky” guard for the arrival of American troops ordered by President Obama.

This apparent security violate, which had been known in military and intelligence circles to be possible, arose because the Predator unmanned in-flight vehicles do not use encryption in the final link to their operators on the ground.

Read more of “U.S. was Warned of Predator Drone Hacking” at CBSNews.com.