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If a third party can break into the satellite and communications firmware of two different spacefaring nations (you have to hijack an orbiter too) then there ar
by ampdepolymerase 6y ago
If a third party can break into the satellite and communications firmware of two different spacefaring nations (you have to hijack an orbiter too) then there are bigger problems to worry about. The number of countries (counting the ESA as one big country) with objects in orbit around Mars can be counted on one hand.
- laurent92 6y agoOn the other hand, I’m not sure satellites launched years ago have auto-upgrades enabled and up-to-date security policies (and certificates!), especially upgrade policies for the embedded chipsets. That must be an interesting problem to solve.
- tester756 6y agoWell, I asked people who are world class competitive security competitors and had succes in HACK A SAT how's the satelites and stuff security and they said that it aint good
- drewzero1 6y agoTrue. I'm not saying they should be worried about that at all, but it seems like something somebody might be worried about anyway.