{"id":3165,"date":"2018-10-12T03:11:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T03:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/us-weapons-systems-can-be-easily-hacked\/"},"modified":"2018-10-12T03:11:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T03:11:50","slug":"us-weapons-systems-can-be-easily-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/us-weapons-systems-can-be-easily-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"US weapons systems can be &#8216;easily hacked&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"F-35 fighter jet\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9B0A\/production\/_103809693_fighterjet.gif\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Most weapons systems, including the F-35 jet, were found to be vulnerable to cyber-attack<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Some of the most cutting-edge weapons in the US&#8217;s military arsenal can be &#8220;easily hacked&#8221; using &#8220;basic tools&#8221;, a government report has concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found &#8220;mission-critical&#8221; cyber-vulnerabilities in nearly all weapons systems tested between 2012 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>That includes the newest F-35 jet as well as missile systems.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon officials had no immediate response to the 50-page report from the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&#8217;s members expressed concerns about how protected weapon systems were against cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The report&#8217;s main findings were:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">the Pentagon did not change the default passwords on multiple weapons systems &#8211; and one changed password was guessed in nine seconds<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">a team appointed by the GAO was able to easily gain control of one weapons system and watch in real time as the operators responded to the hackers<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">it took another two-person team only one hour to gain initial access to a weapons system and one day to gain full control<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">many of the test teams were able to copy, change or delete system data with one team downloading 100 gigabytes of information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The GAO added that the Pentagon &#8220;does not know the full scale of its weapons system vulnerabilities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Munro, an expert at security firm Pen Test Partners, said he was &#8220;not at all surprised&#8221; by the findings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It takes a long time to develop a weapons system, often based on iterations of much older systems. As a result, the components and software can be based on very old, vulnerable code. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Developers often overlook &#8216;hardening&#8217; the security of systems after they&#8217;ve got them operating, with the philosophy, &#8216;it&#8217;s working, so don&#8217;t mess with it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, that&#8217;s no excuse. This report shows some very basic security flaws that could easily have been addressed by changing passwords and keeping software up-to-date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-45823180\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Most weapons systems, including the F-35 jet, were found to be vulnerable to cyber-attack Some of the most cutting-edge weapons in the US&#8217;s military arsenal can be &#8220;easily hacked&#8221; using &#8220;basic tools&#8221;, a government report has concluded. 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