Johns Hopkins Team Hacks, Crashes Hobby Drones To Expose Security Flaws

(Courtesy Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University) by Janet Burns In the past few years, an ever -expanding fleet of commercial and hobby drones has seemingly landed one achievement after another, from photographic feats to farming solutions. According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, however, many machines in this soaring industry may be vulnerable to serious cyber threats which could, among other things, cause an otherwise sophisticated autonomous flier to come crashing […]

 

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