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Welcome to your weekly UAS news update, we have 4 stories for you this week: DJI Data breach, FAA Authorization extended, AirData creates public portal for government transparency, and Ohio DOT to use drones for traffic surveillance.

First up this week is supposed DJI data breach that turned out to be a complex scam.\nThe \u201cMogilevich\u201d group claimed online to have hacked DJI and had a one-terabyte database of information including prototypes and blueprints of new products.\nAt least one person or group paid for the non-existent database at a price of $85,000.\nThe scammers then posted their scam online saying \u201cNow the real question is? Why confess all this when we could just run away? This was done to illustrate the process of our scam, We don't think of ourselves as hackers but rather as criminal geniuses, if you can call us that.\u201d\nTo be clear, DJI has not been hacked, the \u201chack\u201d was instead a scam to convince people to pay for the non-existent data.\nWe\u2019ll keep you updated if we see anything else about this.\n\nhttps://dronexl.co/2024/03/04/hacker-mogilevich-scam-drone-maker-dji/\n\nSecond this week, the FAA has gotten another extension in funding until May 10th, 2024.\nThis is the third extension since the 2018 Reauthorization Act ran out in September of 2023.\nThe US House Of Representatives passed a bill to reauthorize the FAA for the next 5 years back in July of 2023, but the US Senate has yet to come to any agreement on FAA Reauthorization.\nWe\u2019ll have to wait and see if this is another \u201cKicking the can down the road\u201d fix or if we\u2019ll get a 5 year reauthorization.\n\nhttps://generalaviationnews.com/2024/03/05/faa-reauthorization-extended-yet-again-2/\n\nNext this week, AirData has released their \u201cPublic Portal\u201d.\nThe Public Portal is an integrated product for public safety agencies to publish where drone operations occurred within a city or municipality. \nThe publishing of these flights allows law enforcement agencies to be transparent about their operations after the operations have occurred. \nFlights are filtered automatically to protect confidentiality and a department can tailor what data is released to their needs. \nAccording to AirData, a number of major police departments have assisted with the design and development of the Public Portal including Chula Vista PD, Las Vegas Metro PD, and Sacramento PD. \nFor more information, check out AirData\u2019s website. \n\nLast up, the Ohio Department of Transportation will be using what appears to be a Censys Sentaero for traffic surveillance along US 33. \nAlong with the purchase of the Sentaero, the DOT has gotten approval for a BVLOS waiver and an OOP waiver, allowing the drone to be operated over people and traffic beyond line of sight.\nSpecific safety mitigations are not listed in article nor were they available on the Ohio DOT\u2019s website. \nIt\u2019s unclear when the traffic surveillance operations will begin, but the drone will also be used for a number of other operations including GIS operations, mapping, emergency management, and construction monitoring. \nAnother innovative use of UAS! \n\nhttps://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio/odot-to-launch-drone-on-us-route-33/530-1485ea6d-e289-403f-86ed-dc418c306fd8\nhttps://drive.ohio.gov/programs/aam/uas\n\n\nAlright, that\u2019s it, have a great weekend and we\u2019ll see you next week on Monday for the live!