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Air Force to Decide Which Satellite to Offer for Test at Defcon Hacker Conference

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, December 12th, 2019

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Air Force to Decide Which Satellite to Offer for Test at Defcon Hacker Conference

Pete Cooper (left) of the Atlantic Council and U.S. Air Force Assistant Secretary Will Roper (right) discuss aviation and space systems' cybersecurity at an Atlantic Council forum on Dec. 11.

The United States Air Force plans to choose on Dec. 13 which satellite it will offer to a service-selected group of hackers to try to infiltrate at next August's Defcon 2020 conference in Las Vegas, an Air Force official said on Dec. 11. Indeed, hackers are to be part of Air Force efforts to undertake "cyber hygiene" efforts to embed cybersecurity in aviation and space systems, including such systems' vulnerable supply chains that lack secure embedded coding. Will Roper, assistant…

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