Teenage “Cyber Ninja” shows how easy it is to hack a drone

Gaping holes in the design of millions of internet-connected devices were today publicly exposed by a 13-year-old hacker known as the “Cyber Ninja”.

Reuben Paul successfully hacked a drone in front of a live audience during a Kaspersky Lab global security conference in South Africa in a bid to draw attention to a problem that computer experts say could have devastating consequences for businesses, governments and individuals worldwide.