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RT: Drone Hack Explained: Professor Details UAV Hijacking, July 2012

“Todd Humphreys’ tale about hacking a civilian drone in front of the Department of Homeland Security has gone viral since he conducted the experiment last month. Now the assistant professor at the University of Texas explains his work to RT. In an interview with RT America this week, Todd Humphreys of the University of Texas

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The Acalde: UT Demo Reveals Drones Vulnerable to GPS Hijacking, June 2012

“There are a few reasons for a Longhorn football practice to be moved—a tornado, hail, and fire come to mind—but a science experiment isn’t usually one of them. But it wasn’t just any science experiment that caused UT Athletics officials to relocate the Longhorns’ strength-training practice last week: it was a demo that revealed a

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UT Engineering: Cockrell School Researchers Demonstrate First Successful “Spoofing” of UAVs, June 2012

“A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside source—a discovery that could factor heavily into the implementation of a new federal mandate to allow thousands of civilian drones into the U.S.

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BBC: Researchers Use Spoofing to ‘Hack’ Into a Flying Drone, June 2012

“American researchers took control of a flying drone by hacking into its GPS system – acting on a $1,000 (£640) dare from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A University of Texas at Austin team used “spoofing” – a technique where the drone mistakes the signal from hackers for the one sent from GPS

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IEEE Spectrum Risk Factor: Commercial Drones and GPS Spoofers a Bad Mix, July 2012

“Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin Radionavigation Laboratory have successfully demonstrated that a drone with an unencrypted GPS system can be taken over by a person wielding a GPS spoofing device. You can see a video accompanying a Fox News story on it, as well as a video here of an experiment conducted

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Fox News Exclusive: Drones Vulnerable to Terrorist Hijacking, Researchers Say, July 2012

“A small surveillance drone flies over an Austin stadium, diligently following a series of GPS waypoints that have been programmed into its flight computer. By all appearances, the mission is routine. Suddenly, the drone veers dramatically off course, careering eastward from its intended flight path. A few moments later, it is clear something is seriously

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Ken Pesyna and Jahshan Bhatti Win Overall Best Paper Awards at IEEE/ION PLANS Conference, May 2012

Myrtle Beach, SC—Two RNL members won conference-level best paper awards at the 2012 IEEE/ION PLANS conference. Congratulations to Jahshan and Ken! Jahshan Bhatti won the Walter Fried award from the IEEE for the overall best technical paper at the IEEE/ION PLANS conference for his work on Development and Demonstration of a TDOA-Based GNSS Interference Signal Localization System. Ken Pesyna won

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