Don’t look up: There are sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites
Nadia Heninger, Annie Dai
39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3): Power Cycles · Day 2 · Saal One
In a revealing talk at 39C3, Nadia Heninger and Annie Dai presented their groundbreaking research into the unencrypted data streams broadcast from geostationary (GEO) satellites. Their work, conducted with co-authors Morty Jen, Keegan Ryan, Dave Leven, and Aaron Schulman, demonstrated that with readily available, consumer-grade satellite dish equipment, it is possible to passively intercept a wealth of sensitive internal network traffic from critical infrastructure, military, telecommunications, and financial systems across entire continents.