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In 2011, an adversary captured a highly classified, multi-million-dollar US stealth drone, perfectly intact. And they did it without firing a single shot. How? The aircraft had one critical vulnerability. Its autopilot relied entirely on a constant stream of GPS data to navigate. But legitimate GPS signals have to travel thousands of miles from space. By the time they reach the drone's receiver, they're incredibly weak. So an enemy electronic warfare system on the ground struck back. It blasted fake navigation data directly upward at the drone from close range. Overwhelmed by the louder transmission, the receiver dropped the real satellites and locked on to the forged coordinates. This invisible hijacking technique is called GPS spoofing. The fake data convinced the drone's computer that it was flying completely off course, tricking its automated systems into altering its flight path to correct the error. The drone smoothly landed itself at an Iranian military airstrip. Its computer perfectly satisfied that it had safely arrived home.

In 2011, an adversary captured a highly classified, multi-million-dollar US stealth drone, perfectly intact. And they did it without firing a single shot. How?…