Space Cyberattacks Invisible Amid Tensions

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To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask “what if?”

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If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would be back to the 1950s .

Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions.

Cyberattacks on satellites have occurred since the 1980s , but the global wake-up alarm went off only a couple of years ago.

Both nation-states and private companies are gearing up to compete for resources and research sites.

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