Agencies increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks

Not Just Spies: Satellite Operators Say Cybercrime Is Major Threat

When the Space Force discusses the cyber threats faced by the service or the commercial satellite providers it uses, it typically frames the issue as a nation-state one: attacks from an adversary designed to cut off communication links and other space-based systems that U.S. forces on the ground rely upon, as the Russians did to Ukrainian Viasat terminals just before their full-scale invasion in 2022. But for cyber defenders in the commercial s…

Agencies increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks

State-sponsored cybercriminals continue to pose “a serious and growing threat” to government agencies, the country’s technical authority on cybersecurity warns. “Government and defence-related information is an attractive target for state-sponsored cyber actors seeking strategic insights into Australia’s national policies and decision-making,” says the Annual Cyber Threat Report – released last week by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Austra…