German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they're years behind normal cybersecurity standards.
  • DharkStare@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Reading this article made me wonder if a satellite can be turned off and then back on. I’ve never really thought about how satellites are maintained and serviced. You can’t exactly send IT up there to fix things.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You reboot the satellite, then it hits you with /sbin/init does not exist. Bailing out, you are on your own now. Good luck.

      • masterofn001@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Linux has some dead pan humour system failure messages. Keeps things fun when everything goes to shit.

        I did hit that one once. Or twice.