Satellite
Telecom giant Viasat breached by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers
Satellite communications company Viasat is the latest victim of China’s Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage group, which has previously hacked into the networks of multiple other telecom providers in the United States and worldwide. Viasat provides satellite broadband services to governments worldwide and aviation, military, energy, maritime, and enterprise customers. Last month, the telecom giant told shareholders that it […]
Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS feature to satellite receivers
South Korean police have arrested a CEO and five employees for manufacturing over 240,000 satellite receivers pre-loaded or later updated to include DDoS attack functionality at a purchaser’s request. While neither company has been named, the two companies have been trading since 2017. In November 2018, the purchasing company made a special request to include […]