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Terrorists Could Hijack Drones: Researchers

Worrisome, since drones could be flying over US soon

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2012 2:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – Another reason to be wary of increasing reliance on unmanned drones in the US: They could be easily hijacked by terrorists. A University of Texas researcher illustrated that fact in a series of test flights recently, showing that GPS "spoofing" could cause a drone...   Read full story »

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