How Satellite Companies Can Take Effective Steps On The Ground To Improve Their Data Security
It was a slightly sensationalist headline that struck fear into the hearts of anyone involved in satellite communications: “How hackers could spy on satellite internet traffic with just $300 of home TV equipment.”
In 2020, a cybersecurity researcher from Oxford University in the UK said he had been able to intercept the data traffic from various corporate networks relayed via satellite. He accessed not just the usual text files but also ships’ locations, crew and cargo details all the way to Wi-Fi sessions on airplanes. The researcher said he had exploited the fact that providers often skimp on encryption to keep latency down.
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