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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

www.wired.com

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Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

www.wired.com

floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they're years behind normal cybersecurity standards.
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    If they’re surprised that satellites a launched with security flaws and never patched, wait until they learn about literally everything else we’ve ever made

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      The S in IoT stands for Security.

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        Internet of ThingSecurity?

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        Stealing the hell out of that.

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      On a good note, it looks like the firmware was handed over to researchers to find these types of issues. So it was proactive.

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