A top Russian space official said any cyber attacks on the country’s satellites would be considered “a cause for war,” while denying that a control center had been taken down by hackers
Dmitry Rogozin walks in Baikonur airport in Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. | Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP.by a group of hackers that it shut down the satellite operations of Roscosmos, Russia’s civilian space agency.
“If you get to a point where you are hitting critical systems, you risk escalation,” said Chris Painter, the former top government coordinator for cyber policy. But he also said he has been a bit surprised that cyber attacks have not featured more prominently in the week-old Ukraine conflict. The purported attack on Roscosmos definitely got the attention of leaders in Moscow when hackers asserted they were able to interrupt access to satellites images.the anonymous NB65 wrote late TuesdayIt went on to claim that the system’s “credentials were rotated and the server is shut down.”“The information of these scammers and petty swindlers is not true,”on Wednesday. “All our space activity control centers are operating normally.
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