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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by ampdepolymerase on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:00PM (#26198592)
If a third party can break into the satellite and communications firmware of two different spacefaring nations (you have to hijack an orbiter too) then there are bigger problems to worry about. The number of countries (counting the ESA as one big country) with objects in orbit around Mars can be counted on one hand.
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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by tester756 on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:50PM (#26199626)
Well, I asked people who are world class competitive security competitors and had succes in HACK A SAT how's the satelites and stuff security and they said that it aint good
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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by laurent92 on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:16PM (#26198732)
On the other hand, I’m not sure satellites launched years ago have auto-upgrades enabled and up-to-date security policies (and certificates!), especially upgrade policies for the embedded chipsets. That must be an interesting problem to solve.
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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by drewzero1 on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:41AM (#26226545)
True. I'm not saying they should be worried about that at all, but it seems like something somebody might be worried about anyway.
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