Insecure satellite-based internet poses threat to transport safety

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Satellite internet service providers are still vulnerable to attack methods discovered nearly 15 years ago

Hackers can easily snoop on the satellite-based internet "from thousands of miles away, with virtually no risk of detection". The warning comes from James Pavur, a Rhodes Scholar and DPhil stude...

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