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Military intelligence reportedly hacked armed groups' drones to track them

TechnologyColombiaEl Tiempo40 s readAI summary
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A team of engineers and cybersecurity specialists, data analysts and artificial intelligence experts is working, on orders from the military high command, to access the systems with which dissident groups, the ELN, the 'clan del Golfo' and the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada operate their drones. According to what is known, they reportedly managed to track the aircraft's location in real time and extract their routines and coordinates. Between January 1 and October 1 of this year, 318 drone attacks were recorded in Colombia.

In 40 seconds

  • The team was tasked directly by the military high command to identify criminal structures' drone usage patterns.
  • The experts reportedly accessed the drones' operating systems and tracked their location, routines and coordinates in real time.
  • 318 drone attacks were recorded in Colombia between January 1 and October 1 of this year.
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