In 2012 a research team spoofed a drone out of the sky over a New Mexico missile range on a dare from the US government — proving a fake satellite signal could hijack navigation with off-the-shelf parts

In June 2012, University of Texas researcher Todd Humphreys took a dare from the Department of Homeland Security and used a homemade device to spoof a hovering drone out of the sky at White Sands Missile Range — showing that a fake GPS signal, built from off-…