German Heron Drone Hacked and Crashed by Taliban in Afghanistan

  Nov 13 2013 In previous article about a German Heron drone that crashed into a C-160 at Mazar-i-Sharif in 2010, we reported the harsh comments by Bild newspaper that defined at the German Army experience with drones in Afghanistan “an infinite history of failures, crashes and embarrassment.” Indeed, that night crash that left both…

Hacker Posts Drone-Hijacking App as Freeware

Hacker Samy Kamkar in what he described as a simple way to hijack control over drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have passed a milestone on the road to maturity of any new digital technology: they can now be hacked and taken over by strangers while still carrying markers that make it look as if they’re…