Thales seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite in cybersecurity exercise

Re:Thales seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite in c... by tpmx on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:20AM (#36012646)

Ah. That sentence you quoted:

"Throughout the exercise, ESA had access to the satellite's systems to retain control and ensure a return to normal operation."

My reading of this: ESA let the teams attempt their hacks on the real satellite under supervision.

I guess I don't understand your implicit distrust here - it's just a 2 million EUR, 7 kg satellite explicitly launched for communications experiements.

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Re:Thales seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite in c... by bragr on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:37AM (#36012795)

>I guess I don't understand your implicit mistrust here

It is a private press release by a company on its own site, advertising same services touted in the release. I assume every truth that can be bent in their favor has been done so by the PR and Marketing teams. However, the youtube video above with the interview seems much more unequivocal.

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Re:Thales seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite in c... by tpmx on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:56PM (#36013559)

There are times and places that call for extreme levels of cynicism. This is not it.

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Re:Thales seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite in c... by porkbeer on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:17PM (#36014259)

Pretty sure marketing copy is exactly where it is called forl

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