Researchers Find Much Mexican Satellite Data Is Unencrypted and Easily Hacked

Researchers find much Mexican satellite data is unencrypted and easily hacked

Using inexpensive equipment installed on a rooftop in San Diego, computer scientists from two universities in the United States were able to observe unencrypted satellite data belonging to the Mexican government and military and several Mexican companies. The scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and the University of Maryland (UMD), detailed the findings of their study of geostationary satellites in a paper published t…

Satellites are broadcasting military secrets leaving experts alarmed

It turns out that pointing a commercial-off-the-shelf satellite dish can lead you to a ‘shockingly’ large amount of unencrypted personal, corporate, and government data as the researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Maryland were surprised to discover. They say that the data can be ‘passively observed by anyone with a few hundred dollars of consumer-grade hardware.’ But what exactly did they find? (Picture: Getty) The sky is full…

A Surprising Amount of Satellite Traffic Is Unencrypted

Here’s the summary: We pointed a commercial-off-the-shelf satellite dish at the sky and carried out the most comprehensive public study to date of geostationary satellite communication. A shockingly large amount of sensitive traffic is being broadcast unencrypted, including critical infrastructure, internal corporate and government communications, private citizens’ voice calls and SMS, and consumer Internet traffic from in-flight wifi and mobil…

A Surprising Amount of Satellite Traffic Is Unencrypted - Schneier on Security

Here’s the summary: We pointed a commercial-off-the-shelf satellite dish at the sky and carried out the most comprehensive public study to date of geostationary satellite communication. A shockingly large amount of sensitive traffic is being broadcast unencrypted, including critical infrastructure, internal corporate and government communications, private citizens’ voice calls and SMS, and consumer Internet traffic from in-flight wifi and mobile…