German-owned Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey were briefly taken over by hackers, according to media reports on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The attack took place on anti-aircraft \u2018Patriot\u2019 missiles on the Syrian border. The American-made weapons had been stationed there by the Bundeswehr (German army) to protect Nato ally Turkey.<\/p>\n
According to the civil service magazine, the missile system carried out \u201cunexplained\u201d orders. It was not immediately clear when these orders were carried out and what they were.<\/p>\n
The magazine speculates about two weak spots in the missile system which could be exploited by hackers.<\/p>\n
One such weakness is the Sensor-Shooter-Interoperability (SSI) which exchanges real time information between the missile launcher and its control system.<\/p>\n
The second exposed point is a computer chip which controls the guidance of the weapon.<\/p>\n
Attackers might have gained access in two different ways, one that takes over the operating of the missile system and one that steals data from it.<\/p>\n
The patriot missile has been in service in the US army since 1984 and was first used in operation in the first Gulf war in 1991.<\/p>\n
In 2012 Turkey asked that its Nato partners support it by stationing Patriot missile systems there, after the civil war in Syria drew closer to its southern border.<\/p>\n
In June 2015 Germany announced that it would replace its Patriot missiles with MEADS, an air defence system designed in cooperation with the USA and Italy.<\/p>\n
Source: thelocal.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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