Thales industrial specialists have successfully hacked into the OPS-SAT satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA). They not only bypassed the device’s security systems, but also took control of it, according to Gizmodo.
Thales hackers showed the hacking process at the CYSAT conference. Enthusiasts said they had the satellite’s global positioning system, attitude control system and on-board camera under their control. They could, but did not, interfere with the operation of OPS-SAT launched in 2019, alter its orbit, or load malicious code into its software.
According to the hackers, they have hacked into the embedded system. In this case, standard access rights were used to access the management interface.
“The space industry must consider cybersecurity at every stage of a satellite’s life cycle, from initial design to system development and maintenance,” said Pierre-Yves Jolivet, vice president of cyber solutions. from Thales.
Earlier, Vladimir Prokhvatilov, a senior researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences, said Russia has modern technologies capable of disabling US satellites. For a less drastic effect, blinding is used. The optical sensors of early guidance satellites are easy to disable, he explained.
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