Predator Drone: $10.5 million, hijacking live data stream: $26

Yup, the military is at it again.  In the latest from the “We have no idea what the internet is or how to use it safely” desk, there are reports that Iraqi insurgents have been using a $26 computer program to hijack the live visual stream from the military’s unmanned aerial vehicles.  Nothing I’ve read indicates that the insurgents were able to take over any control of the vehicle, but they were able to see exactly what it was seeing.  That is definitely one time where you don’t want to see yourself on TV.

Here’s the story from a Wall Street Journal article.