Comments on: There’s a new way to take down drones, and it doesn’t involve shotguns | Ars Technica https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2016/10/28/theres-a-new-way-to-take-down-drones-and-it-doesnt-involve-shotguns-ars-technica/ All about electronics and circuit design Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2016/10/28/theres-a-new-way-to-take-down-drones-and-it-doesnt-involve-shotguns-ars-technica/comment-page-1/#comment-1521136 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:51:28 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=48650#comment-1521136 You Kids Get Those Drones out of my Airspace!
http://hackaday.com/2016/10/27/you-kids-get-those-drones-out-of-my-airspace/

The PacTec Security Conference in Tokyo had something interesting show up. A countermeasure against drones that allows you to take control of any craft using the popular DSMx protocol. According to Ars Technica, DSMx transmitters and receivers exchange a key to prevent interference between adjacent systems. The key isn’t protected very well so by observing traffic and applying a little brute force, you can recover the key (which is set when the transmitter binds to the aircraft).

There’s a new way to take down drones, and it doesn’t involve shotguns
Not a jammer, device lets hackers fly drones and lock out original pilot.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/drone-hijacker-gives-hackers-complete-control-of-aircraft-in-midflight/

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