Exploiting Spacecraft

This chapter will provide example scenarios of threats manifesting themselves within space systems. For each type of threat scenario, I will present a non-cyber example for context before stepping through how cyber exploitation could allow the same threat to affect the spacecraft. As with the chapters on vectors which enable cyber exploitation, those already involved or familiar with the space industry might not find every example of threats and exploitation in this and the following chapter new and informative. This book is intended to prime the initiated cyber audience on the challenges of the space industry and implementing cybersecurity mitigations within it. As such, I took the approach of providing as many relatable scenarios as I deemed appropriate for those unfamiliar with space systems prior to picking up this text.