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As the article says, it is surprising how easy and cheap it is to shut down a world-class airport and disrupt 100,000's of people. They haven't even caught the

As the article says, it is surprising how easy and cheap it is to shut down a world-class airport and disrupt 100,000's of people. They haven't even caught the last person.

AnimalMuppet 8y ago
They made two arrests for Gatwick.
- deleted 8y ago
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- peaktechisnow 8y ago
  and then they released them
- jonas21 8y ago
  The people who were arrested had nothing to do with it, and were released (after being subjected to 36 hours of questioning) [1]. [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-arrested-couple-released-without-charge/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-ar...
- duaoebg 8y ago
  Not sure if arresting innocent people is any kind of progress
- quasse 8y ago
  They arrested two people that they later admitted had nothing to do with the event in question. [1] What counterpoint are you making here? [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46709353 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46709353
  - AnimalMuppet 8y ago
    What counterpoint am I making? I thought that it was perfectly obvious - that they had caught the previous person(s). I had not heard that they released them - I kind of quit paying attention once they made the arrests.
    - frereubu 8y ago
      Innocent until proven guilty, etc.
    - morsch 8y ago
      Maybe this anecdote will convince you to pay attention in the future.
    - dingoegret 8y ago
      People aren't just guilty because the TV man said so
- Rebelgecko 8y ago
  A couple was detained for 36 hours before being let go with no charges and an apology from the police.
- eponeponepon 8y ago
  For clarity, the two people arrested were released without charge. Although not before the press had smeared their names and faces across the whole country.
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whoisjuan 8y ago
Didn't they say, that maybe it was their own drones? https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/1229/1019460-gatwick-drone-police/ https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/1229/1019460-gatwick-dron...
president 8y ago
Essentially a real-world denial-of-service attack.
- jwbensley 8y ago
  No, 1 million people didn't try to get on the planes at the same time.
  - dpark 8y ago
    Forcing a shutdown of down airport service is literally a denial of service attack. DoS attack doesn't necessarily mean high request volume.
  - dTal 8y ago
    You are thinking of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).
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Sol- 8y ago
Seems like this was a thing before drones too, though. Call in a fake bomb threat, leave an empty bag suspiciously lying around, etc. All things that could asymmetrically disrupt the airport. Granted, the chance to get caught is smaller with drones, but it's still fairly risky. I guess the only defense here are publicized arrests to dissuade the "prankster" category of attacker and the fact that statistically only very few people are crazy enough in the first place to try such an attack.

As the article says, it is surprising how easy and cheap it is to shut down a world-class airport and disrupt 100,000's of people. They haven't even caught the last person.

AnimalMuppet 8y ago

They made two arrests for Gatwick.

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peaktechisnow 8y ago
and then they released them
jonas21 8y ago
The people who were arrested had nothing to do with it, and were released (after being subjected to 36 hours of questioning) [1]. [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-arrested-couple-released-without-charge/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-ar...
duaoebg 8y ago
Not sure if arresting innocent people is any kind of progress
quasse 8y ago
They arrested two people that they later admitted had nothing to do with the event in question. [1] What counterpoint are you making here? [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46709353 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46709353
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  What counterpoint am I making? I thought that it was perfectly obvious - that they had caught the previous person(s). I had not heard that they released them - I kind of quit paying attention once they made the arrests.
  - frereubu 8y ago
    Innocent until proven guilty, etc.
  - morsch 8y ago
    Maybe this anecdote will convince you to pay attention in the future.
  - dingoegret 8y ago
    People aren't just guilty because the TV man said so
Rebelgecko 8y ago
A couple was detained for 36 hours before being let go with no charges and an apology from the police.
eponeponepon 8y ago
For clarity, the two people arrested were released without charge. Although not before the press had smeared their names and faces across the whole country.
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whoisjuan 8y ago

Didn't they say, that maybe it was their own drones? https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/1229/1019460-gatwick-drone-police/ https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/1229/1019460-gatwick-dron...

president 8y ago

Essentially a real-world denial-of-service attack.

jwbensley 8y ago
No, 1 million people didn't try to get on the planes at the same time.
- dpark 8y ago
  Forcing a shutdown of down airport service is literally a denial of service attack. DoS attack doesn't necessarily mean high request volume.
- dTal 8y ago
  You are thinking of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]

Sol- 8y ago

Seems like this was a thing before drones too, though. Call in a fake bomb threat, leave an empty bag suspiciously lying around, etc. All things that could asymmetrically disrupt the airport. Granted, the chance to get caught is smaller with drones, but it's still fairly risky. I guess the only defense here are publicized arrests to dissuade the "prankster" category of attacker and the fact that statistically only very few people are crazy enough in the first place to try such an attack.