The #NSA Is Running a #Satellite Hacking Experiment - Defense One
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“The threat is clearly growing,” Malik told Defense One in a direct message on Twitter. “First, the cost of jamming and control-takeover technology is dropping, and the benefits to hackers (whether criminals or nation-state actors) is growing. More sophisticated supply-chain attacks could harm food production (by tampering with crop observations — drought (leading to over- or under-watering), insect or blight infestations (leading to incorrect application of pesticides), harvest times (leaving foodstuffs to rot, or be harvested too early (impacting yield and causing price instability in futures markets).”
In the military sphere, a hacker might want control of an imagery microsat to blind it at just the right moment, or disable it completely. In 1998, hackers took control of the U.S.-German ROSAT astronomy satellite and aimed its solar panels directly at the sun, overcharging the battery and rendering the satellite useless.