This shows the vulnerability of space infrastructure to hacking attempts and the need to step up cybersecurity.
A team of four cybersecurity researchers from the multinational technology company Thales was successful in hacking into a nanosatellite belonging to the European Space Agency . The attempt was carried out as part of ESA's cybersecurity exercise as part of its CYSAT conference., there is a surge in the number of satellites orbiting the planet. A hacked satellite is a potential concern for governments around the world and it can be used to transmit sensitive information or even be weaponized.
The intrusion allowed the hackers to gain access to the satellite's global positioning system attitude control system as well as its onboard camera. The researchers also exploited several vulnerabilities in the satellite which allowed them to enter malicious code into the satellite's system.Doing so, let the researchers compromise the data the satellite was sending back to Earth, especially by modifying the images captured by the onboard camera.
"This unprecedented exercise was a chance to raise awareness of potential flaws and vulnerabilities so that they can be remediated more effectively, and to adapt current and future solutions to improve the cyber resilience of satellites and space programs in general, including both ground segments and orbital systems," said Pierre-Yves Jolivet, VP Cyber Solutions at Thales in a press release.
While the vulnerabilities of the ESA satellite are worrying, those in the commercial satellites are a greater cause of concern. Last year,
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