U.S. Military Drones Have Been Hacked

Militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan have hacked U.S. military droneswith inexpensive software sold by a Russian company. The software,initially intended to enable users to download pirated music andvideos, has been used to see what the drones see as they go out for spymissions. The military is working to encrypt the drone's feed so theproblem does not persist, but for now has to deal with the damagealready caused.

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