The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks


The US military recently launched a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen ties with the commercial space industry.

The aim is to integrate commercial equipment into military space operations, including satellites and other hardware. This would enhance cybersecurity for military satellites. As space becomes more important to the world’s critical infrastructure, the risk increases that hostile nation-states will deploy cyberattacks on important satellites and other space infrastructure. Targets would include not just spy satellites or military communications satellites, but commercial spacecraft too.

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Source: WIRED


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