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<p>Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania held its second annual Drone Wars as part of BloomCon, BU&#8217;s digital forensics, cybersecurity, and hacking conference on March 29-30. Drone Wars was sponsored in part by the U.S. Army.</p><p>Contestants in Drone Wars had to hack into a drone, then fly it through an obstacle course. The winning team in the high school division was WIFI Pirates from the West Side Career and Technology Center. The team of Gage Willison, Adam Ferderick, and Matt Jones hacked into the drone and flew it through the obstacle course in seven minutes and two seconds. The three team members each won a $1,000 scholarship to Bloomsburg University.</p><p>Finishing second in the high school division with a wind-adjusted time of eight minutes was Game of Drones, also from the West Side Career and Technology Center, with team members RJ Salvo, Derek Keeler, and Rich Zimmerman. The adviser for both teams is Gary Miller.</p><style>
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Students from West Side Career and Technology Center win drone contest