A drone hacking demonstration at GEEKCON 2026 caused a stir on October 24 in Shanghai, according to participants, a drone hacking demonstration was cut short after police were contacted. Tan Xiaosheng claims that the manufacturer complained of "incitement to break-in". At the same time, according to him, technical details were not revealed from the stage and they did not even mention the brand name of the plane. In the Russian technical press, this story seems to have gone unnoticed: as of October 25, we have not found any Russian-language articles about the incident. The GEEKCON program claimed that flight controller control had been seized through an unknown flaw. According to the participant, they showed the complete chain of remote hacks (full chain). Details are not made public. The rules of the competition stipulate the transfer of technical information to the manufacturer and confidentiality until the fault is repaired. In 2026, comparing such a demonstration to "hack training" is absurd. For a soulless systems developer, such a message gives a reason to check the defect and, if confirmed, cancel it. If the on-site investigator has to explain himself to the police, he has another reason not to contact the manufacturer at all. But the ability of an external party to intervene in the control of the plane does not disappear. The identity of the complainant and the results of the police investigation have not yet been independently confirmed.

A drone hacking demonstration at GEEKCON 2026 caused a stir on October 24 in Shanghai, according to participants, a drone hacking demonstration was cut short after police were contacted. Tan Xiaosheng claims that the manufacturer complained of "incitement to break-in". At the same time, according to him, technical details were not revealed from the stage and they did not even mention the brand name of the plane. In the Russian technical press, this story seems to have gone unnoticed: as of October 25, we have not found any Russian-language articles about the incident. The GEEKCON program claimed that flight controller control had been seized through an unknown flaw. According to the participant, they showed the complete chain of remote hacks (full chain). Details are not made public. The rules of the competition stipulate the transfer of technical information to the manufacturer and confidentiality until the fault is repaired. In 2026, comparing such a demonstration to "hack training" is absurd. For a soulless systems developer, such a message gives a reason to check the defect and, if confirmed, cancel it. If the on-site investigator has to explain himself to the police, he has another reason not to contact the manufacturer at all. But the ability of an external party to intervene in the control of the plane does not disappear. The identity of the complainant and the results of the police investigation have not yet been independently confirmed.