“Hack the Sat” Satellite Hacking Event
Abstract
The “Hack the Sat” project challenged public teams to compete and hack their way through a ground station and satellite to recover a simulated stolen space vehicle. The event was designed to attract a large, non-traditional performer base to consider cyber security challenges as they relate to space systems. In FY 2020, the project executed sensor development, data collection, integrity management, and tactics analysis for the Hack the Sat Capture the Flag event. During the event, all data generated within the competition environment was collected and analyzed to ensure fair play, create a public record of the event, and enable future analysis of novel tactics, techniques, and procedures. Work continues in FY 2021, using FY 2020 funds, to plan and execute a government-only, red-team vs blue-team event to explore additional attack pathways and defensive mitigations in a controlled environment. In FY 2021, the project plans to enhance the realism of the competition infrastructure, including the ground segment and flatsat, and transition the infrastructure to the Persistent Cyber Training Environment. After the red-team vs blue-team event, draft tactics manuals for red teaming space systems and conducting defensive cyberspace operations on space systems will transition to the United States Space Force. Additionally, recommendations on mitigations of cyber vulnerabilities in space systems will transition to the Joint Federated Assurance Center.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 2a4e685f7b4fca9125734a3065358948