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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 22 2014, @08:26PM
On the other hand, Iran is probably signing a deal with Russia for eight nuclear reactors [en.ria.ru]. I wonder what Russia gets in return, besides an alliance with a perpetual thorn in the US' side.
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Thursday May 22 2014, @09:54PM
Oil and access to the Middle East/India over land through a couple friendly 'stans (and of course Georgia now they've been put in their place).