At the upcoming DEFCON conference in Las Vegas in the summer of a revolutionary event. Hack-A-Sat 4 contestants will be given the opportunity to hack a real satellite, which by the time b you will fly into orbit. This is an idea of the US Space Force, which fears that their equipment may be vulnerable to hacking.
In the spring, preparations and a qualifying round took place, during which different teams of hackers discovered the abduction of a satellite, but not in space, but on Earth. Out of 380 teams, only 8 made it to the final. Especially during the competition, the Moonlighter satellite was launched, which was filmed in orbit in August. In the tender bureau 72, the date of the satellite interview, the corner of the sky is not in place freedom of action.
As a precautionary measure, the organizers of the competition exclude the possibility of using the satellite orbit. In the afternoon, in the morning, you can change the team from a special center, leaving the lower part of the city on a roykam to capture the consequences of a hacker attack. The satellite does not functionally imitate the functional purpose, and not an ordinary toaster and does not represent any threats.
Source: Tech Cult
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