STUDENTS HIJACK U.S. DRONE FOR $1,000 WAGER

Texas, June 30: On a dare, Texas college researchers hacked into and hijacked a drone of the US homeland security before the eyes of the officials operating it.

Using a technique called ‘spoofing’ where a signal from hackers imitates the one sent to the drone’s onboard GPS, researchers managed to take control of a small but powerful drone mid-air.

The incident has unnerved American Homeland security officials, as the spoofing has made it possible for anyone with a $1,000 and a plan to turn a harmless UAV into a missile and crash it into a building. — PTI