Navy Memo On DJI UAVs Noted Cheap Cost, Risks Written 17 December 2019

C4ISR & Networks reports that a recently obtained Navy memo “warns of a range of cyber vulnerabilities inherent in the [UAV] system, and offers a range of mitigation strategies.” Obtained by the National Security Archive through a FOIA request, the Navy memo “is housed online as part of the NSArchive’s Cyber Vault project.” Titled “Operation Risks With Regards To DJI Family of Products,” the Navy’s memo is dated May 24, 2017, and “goes into much greater detail than the Army memorandum that was publicly released.” Specifically, “Operation Risks” “warns about the data link between the aircraft and the ground station, pointing to open-source research that exists allowing adversaries to passively view video and metadata from the [UAV], and even assume control over the vehicle.”
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