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To protect against cyberattacks in space, researchers are asking the question, “What if?”

If space systems like GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly revert to 1950s communications and navigation technologies, but space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Cyberattacks on satellites have been occurring since the 1980s, but the global wake-up call only sounded… Read More »