Chinese Hackers Targeting U.S. Satellites?

Computer hackers interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. The Commission’s report suspects that the hackers may have been connected to the Chinese military, citing Chinese military studies that advocate hindering satellites by focusing on their ground-based infrastructure.

"The responsible party achieved all steps required to command the satellite," but didn't actually do so in the October 2008 Terra AM-1 incident, according to the report. The report speculates that hackers may have used an Internet connection at the Svalbard Satellite Station in Spitsbergen, Norway, to access the ground station's information systems.

"Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions," according to the report. "Access to a satellite's controls could allow an attacker to damage or destroy the satellite. An attacker could also deny or degrade as well as forge or otherwise manipulate the satellite's transmission."

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