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Multi-Orbit Networks Expand the Attack Surface, But Basic Cyber Threats Remain, Experts Say
RESTON, Virginia — Software-defined satellites and multi-orbit architecture open up an expanded attack surface for hackers, but those vulnerabilities remain largely theoretical for now, satellite cyber and engineering experts said Monday during CyberSat.

The real and present dangers lie in more low hanging fruit, they said. Five years ago, a presentation by James Pavur at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference sent shockwaves through the satellite industry, when he revealed how trivially easy it was to eavesdrop on unencrypted satellite downlinks. This month, the University of California San Diego and the University of Maryland published a study recently covered by Wired, which…[continued]