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Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws (www.wired.com)
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[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

No paywall version here: https://archive.is/ANz7k

Among the problems are a lack of protection for who can communicate with the satellite systems and a failure to include encryption. Theoretically, the researchers say, the kinds of issues they discovered could allow an attacker to take control of a satellite and crash it into other objects.

Sounds like it would be pretty easy exploit and weaponize this.