Hackers Take Control of Government-Owned Satellite in Alarming Experiment

Hackers Take Control of Government-Owned Satellite in Alarming Experiment Just how vulnerable are the thousands of government-operated satellites speeding along their orbits above our heads? A team of researchers proved they could hack into a European Space Agency-owned satellite, allowing them to take full control of its communication, imaging — and even its manoeuvrability systems. The intrusion was a controlled hack as part of ESA's ongoing CYSAT conference. According to a Tuesday release, a cybersecurity team from the multinational tech company Thales took up ESA's Hack CYSAT challenge and found a way to seize control of an OPS-SAT nanosatellite originally…