{"id":29133,"date":"2019-09-17T14:27:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T14:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/30504\/The-Air-Force-Will-Let-Hackers-Try-To-Hijack-An-Orbiting-Satellite.html"},"modified":"2019-09-17T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T14:27:25","slug":"the-air-force-will-let-hackers-try-to-hijack-an-orbiting-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/the-air-force-will-let-hackers-try-to-hijack-an-orbiting-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try To Hijack An Orbiting Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the Air Force showed up at the Defcon hacker conference<\/a> in Las Vegas last month, it didn\u2019t come empty-handed. It brought along an F-15 fighter jet data system\u2014one that security researchers thoroughly dismantled<\/a>, finding serious vulnerabilities along the way. The USAF was so pleased with the result that it has decided to up the ante. Next year, it\u2019s bringing a satellite.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a promise from Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics. While sending elite hackers after an orbiting satellite\u2014and its ground station\u2014might sound ambitious, it\u2019s in keeping with Roper\u2019s commitment to fundamentally changing how his branch of the military attacks its cybersecurity challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to get over our fear of embracing external experts to help us be secure. We are still carrying cybersecurity procedures from the 1990s,\u201d says Roper. \u201cWe have a very closed model. We presume that if we build things behind closed doors and no one touches them they\u2019ll be secure. That might be true to some degree in an analog world. But in the increasingly digital world, everything has software in it.\u201d<\/p>\n