US Border Patrol Drones Hacked by Drug Cartels
Unlike their counterparts used by the army, worth millions of dollars, unmanned aerial vehicles that often fly over the US border with Mexico they are much smaller due to limited budgets that are allocated for purchase.
US customs authorities were forced to withdraw the drones to be vulnerable to attacks by spoofing GPS. Specifically, the GPS Spoofing is a cyber attack in which is a faulty GPS receiver GPS data are sent. Each drone has a GPS receiver that uses to receive data from satellites and navigate along the border in order to monitor possible illegal crossings.
Unlike their counterparts used by the army, worth millions of dollars, unmanned aerial vehicles that often fly over the US border with Mexico they are much smaller due to limited budgets that are allocated for purchase.
US customs authorities were forced to withdraw the drones to be vulnerable to attacks by spoofing GPS. Specifically, the GPS Spoofing is a cyber attack in which is a faulty GPS receiver GPS data are sent. Each drone has a GPS receiver that uses to receive data from satellites and navigate along the border in order to monitor possible illegal crossings.
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