SKYGAB

BANZAI7 NEWS--Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.  TALIBAN TV is also using the uplink for broadcasting purposes.

Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes' systems. Shiite fighters in Iraq used software programs such as SkyGrabber -- available for as little as $25.95 on the Internet -- to regularly capture drone cable TV video feeds of Beverly Hillbillies reruns, according to a person familiar with reports on the matter.

WB7: Unprotected communications link?  What's the price tag on these things?