Iraq News

The Pentagon has dealt with a security breach that allowed insurgents to hack into data feeds from pilotless \"drone\" aircraft that provide real-time video of war zones, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday. The statements followed a report in the Wall Street Journal that revealed fighters in Iraq used software that cost as little as $26 to intercept the video feeds, potentially allowing them to monitor U.S. military operations. \"It is an old issue that was addressed and fixed,\" the U.S. defense official said. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman refused to discuss details of the article, or intelligence matters in details. But he defended the expanding use of drone aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, which helps track enemy movements and protect U.S. troops.