Cyber Security Challenge sees youngsters hack into and control a drone

If you thought hacking to a wireless network to take control of a Drone required significant expertise and resource, read on…
Various groups of amateur cyber security contestants showed how easily it can be done with a Raspberry PI.

OK, the system will have been set up in such a way that there were holes to be exploited left open, BUT sadly research seems to suggest this is the case for a large number of control systems connected to the Internet too. Protecting these real systems is not a job for amateurs.

@Nexor are Silver Sponsors of the Cyber Security Challenge.

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