GPS "spoofing"

[dan_bgblue]

“Before we couldn’t control the UAV. We could only push it off course. This time my students have designed a closed loop controller such that they can dictate the heading of this vessel even when the vessel wants to go a different direction,” Humphreys said.

Yet the Department of Homeland Security has -- according to Humphreys -- been “fumbling around in the dark” on GPS security, doing little to address the threat. Texas Congressman Mike McCaul, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee is incensed.

“It's a very serious homeland security issue that we've asked the secretary to review and look at and she's never responded to my requests,” McCaul told Fox News. “The department seems to be thumbing its nose at it, saying it has no jurisdiction over this issue and not really showing any interest in this issue at all.”

McCaul, along with Senators Coburn and Collins have asked the Government Accountability Office to look into what DHS is and isn’t doing to address this critical threat to national security.

Linkage (http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/07/26/exclusive-gps-flaw-could-let-terrorists-hijack-ships-planes/?intcmp=obnetwork)

[CitizenBBN]

If Congressman McCaul wants them to really look into it he needs to point out that such vessels could be commandeered by DHS to illegally get weapons into Mexico, or could be used to run over Tea Party members out boating, etc. Then they'd have a keen interest in such technology and having control over it. :)

They'll get around to hardening obvious targets for terrorists when they can, but do you know how many man hours it takes to listen to all those phone conversations about who is bringing the dressed eggs to the family reunion?