On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 20:52 -0700, Vitaliy wrote:
> Mike Reid wrote:
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETo
> > pStories
> 
> "The potential drone vulnerability lies in an unencrypted downlink between 
> the unmanned craft and ground control. The U.S. government has known about 
> the flaw since the U.S. campaign in Bosnia in the 1990s, current and former 
> officials said. But the Pentagon assumed local adversaries wouldn't know how 
> to exploit it, the officials said."
> 
> Unbelievable.

Security through obscurity: the oldest joke in the security book.

No surprise here that huge government organizations haven't got the joke
yet.

Very sad.

TTYL

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