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The attack on Viasat was not related to it's GEO vs LEO situation, or blocking signals, it was an attack specifically on the consumer device to disable them ht
by iso1631 4y ago
The attack on Viasat was not related to it's GEO vs LEO situation, or blocking signals, it was an attack specifically on the consumer device to disable them
https://www.viasat.com/about/newsroom/blog/ka-sat-network-cyber-attack-overview/ https://www.viasat.com/about/newsroom/blog/ka-sat-network-cy...
There's no reason that Starlink is any less susceptable to that. The attackers got into a terminal management network and issued various commands to shut down the endpoints. There's no reason an LEO constellation is more or less susceptible to this type of attack than a GEO system.