Who's smarter, the Predator or the Prey?
His Highness Comandante Banana, King of the Apes I & Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
Our drones appropriately called "Predators" are hacked by the prey,
ie. the Iraqi insurgents buying 26 buck software... Of course, the
conflict between predator and prey is what drove evolution, and for
example, these eyes we use are the product of such arms race. Another
application of EVOLUTION to the modern game of SURVIVAL...
WASHINGTON -- Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software
to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially
providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S.
military operations.
Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed
insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an
unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes'
systems. Shiite fighters in Iraq used software programs such as
SkyGrabber -- available for as little as $25.95 on the Internet -- to
regularly capture drone video feeds, according to a person familiar
with reports on the matter.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html?mod=yhoofront
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"In the fight between predator and prey, it's wiser for the monkeys to
stay in the trees"