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posted by martyb on Thursday May 22 2014, @12:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the hack-me-if-you-can dept.

DARPA Unveils Hack-Proof Drone:
The Pentagon's Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA) unveiled a new drone built with secure software that prevents the control and navigation of the aircraft from being hacked. The program, called High Assurance Cyber Military Systems(HACMS), uses software designed to thwart cyber attacks.

It has been underway with DARPA for several years after originating at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Washington, said Kathleen Fischer, HACMS program manager for DARPA. "The software is designed to make sure a hacker cannot take over control of a UAS. The software is mathematically proven to be invulnerable to large classes of attack," Fisher said.

See the HACMS Open Catalog for access to publications and software that comprise the system, much of which is available as open source.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by cellocgw on Thursday May 22 2014, @02:56PM

    by cellocgw (4190) on Thursday May 22 2014, @02:56PM (#46390)

    {quote}The Titanic used to be sink-proof, too.

    It still is. Icebergs are outside the approved parameter space.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by hoochiecoochieman on Thursday May 22 2014, @03:05PM

    by hoochiecoochieman (4158) on Thursday May 22 2014, @03:05PM (#46393)

    And it didn't sink. It was "upgraded" to submarine.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Thursday May 22 2014, @04:02PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday May 22 2014, @04:02PM (#46422) Journal

    {quote}The Titanic used to be sink-proof, too.

    It still is.

    Indeed. The probability that it will sink in the future is negligible.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 23 2014, @01:12AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 23 2014, @01:12AM (#46579)

      C'mon, guys...1,514 people died in that disaster--show some respect even if Hollywood does (not) to varying degrees [ A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958) [imdb.com] vs. TITANIC (1997) [imdb.com] ]