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Among the problems are a lack of protection for who can communicate with the satellite systems and a failure to include encryption. Theoretically, the researchers say, the kinds of issues they discovered could allow an attacker to take control of a satellite and crash it into other objects.
Sounds like it would be pretty easy exploit and weaponize this.
No paywall version here: https://archive.is/ANz7k
Sounds like it would be pretty easy exploit and weaponize this.