Topic Reading-Vol.692-3/4/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,

Are drones the next target for hackers?

A drone is a flying computer? Indeed it is.

If so, can drones be used as conveniently and economically as PCs or smartphones by anyone anywhere in the world? Actually, they are now and they will be more.

Drones aren’t limited to the US militaries’ surveillance and bombing missions. They’ve already been used commercially, such as rescue searches, site monitoring and even in farming, and are expected to deliver goods or mails to homes in the near future.

This means drones could be used for criminal purposes such as smuggling drags, delivering firearms, or stealing information.

Also, if drones are no more different from flying PCs, they aren’t fee from vulnerabilities like PCs have. They could be hacked to do unintended or malicious acts like infected PCs.

Enjoy reading and learning how convenient but vulnerable drones, or flying PCs are.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140206-can-drones-be-hacked