Hackers introduce faults in sensitive products such as drones that are produced by 3D printers, according to an exposé by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, South Alabama University and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
As 3D printing is expected to produce a huge amount of products in the future, security risks due to hackers would be a major Pandora’s box, according the team who warned that “bugs” produced in the computer could cause them to crash or otherwise be destroyed. The team produced a YouTube video (https://youtu.be/zUnSpT6jSys) in which they destroyed a $1,000 drone by breaking into a computer, identified the drafting file of the drone and introduced defects that cannot be detected in a visual examination. During flight tests, the defective propeller was broken when the drone ascended. As a result, it fell to the ground and crashed, causing irreparable damage.
It was only a $1,000 loss, the researchers said, but such cyber-attacks can cause much greater damage. According to the Wohler’s Report, an annual survey of 3D technology, last year the industry was worth $5.165 billion. For the full article click here
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