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Small Satellite Dish Systems 'Ripe For Hacking'

The Walking Dude writes: "According to the CS Monitor, 'Thousands of small satellite dish-based computer systems [VSATs] that transmit often-sensitive data from far flung locations worldwide – oil rigs, ships at sea, banks, and even power grid substations – are at high risk of being hacked, including many in the United States, a new cyber-security report has found.' Dr. Jason Fritz said, 'Vulnerabilities exist at all nodes and links in satellite structure. These can be exploited through Internet-connected computer networks, as hackers are more commonly envisioned to do, or through electronic warfare methodologies that more directly manipulate the radio waves of uplinks and downlinks.'"

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  1. Re:We'll see by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Offenders should be sent to Cyberia

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  2. Re:We'll see by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    to the Googlags