Dronejacking – a disaster waiting to happen.

By James O’Malley – original post at https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2017/03/drones-wide-open-to-hijack-threats

Drones wide open to hijack threats

Don’t let that flying drone out of your sight: you never know where it might turn up next.

Last year, customers of Amazon in Cambridge began signing up for a novel delivery option.  A 25kg drone, which is able to fly up to 10 miles gripping a book-sized package underneath, took just 13 minutes to fly from the warehouse nearby, landing briefly to drop the order on a delivery mat marked with the distributor’s single-letter logo in the customer’s rear garden.

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