Reuters[1] published a correction clarifying that the UAV in question was owned by the university. It wasn't a military drone. The article on Sophos[2] site als

Reuters[1] published a correction clarifying that the UAV in question was owned by the university. It wasn't a military drone. The article on Sophos[2] site also says this. Military GPS signals are encrypted[3]. 'Hijacking' a drone that relies on the civilian signal is an interesting technical accomplishment but offers no progress towards doing the same thing to an aircraft using the military band. [1] http://rt.com/usa/texas-1000-us-government-906/ http://rt.com/usa/texas-1000-us-government-906/ [2] http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/02/drone-hackedwith-1000-spoofer/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/02/drone-hackedwith-... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Commu...