Space warfare is unavoidable, and the space ecology must be ready at all times. The European Space Agency (ESA) issued a challenge to cybersecurity specialists in the space industry ecosystem to interfere with the operation of the ESA’s “OPS-SAT” demonstration nanosatellite in a capability demonstrator during an annual event on cybersecurity for the space industry.
The system that controls the payload’s GPS, altitude control system, and onboard imaging sensor was to be taken over by cybersecurity specialists utilising a variety of ethical hacking techniques in this challenge.
The goal was to determine how unauthorised access to these systems could result in the satellite losing control of its mission or sustaining serious harm.
What happened during the challenge
This unusual exercise, which emphasised the need for a high level of cyber resilience in the extr
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