The Weakest Link in Satellite Security Might Never Leave Earth
Picture a satellite hack, and most people imagine a hacker somehow reaching up into orbit. That image is mostly wrong, but it’s a useful place to start because the real weak point is usually sitting in a building on the ground: a control room, a network switch, a login screen somebody forgot to lock down.
A satellite doesn’t operate alone. It’s the last link in a chain that runs from a ground station through control infrastructure, through operators, through the software they use every day. Break a link anywhere in that chain and the damage doesn’t stay put.
It helps to remember how much now runs through space, quietly, in the background. Positioning and navigation. Financial transaction timestamps. Weather forecasting. Emergency communications. Logistics networks that keep freight moving.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has flaggedhow central commercial satellite services have become to critical infrastructure generally,...
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