Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms

Protection researchers have discovered that even half of all the geostationary satellites in the world’s orbit carry involuntary sensitive consumer, corporate and military information, which made this information open to audible.

Researchers at the University of UC San Diego and the University of Maryland spent $ 800 for the off-the-the-shelf satellite receiver and pointed into the sky for three years. They found people’s personal voice calls and text messages and in-flight Wi-Fi services from space and space with consumer internet traffic from space and space.

Uncripted data included in the critical infrastructure system such as energy and water supplier and off-show oil and gas platforms, according to WiredWhich first revealed ResearchersThe

Researchers spent the affected companies, including T-Mobile and AT&T network in Mexico last year, to warn exposure, which soon began encrypting their data to prevent future audition.

However, researchers warned that everyone did not cure their own open data, including some critical infrastructure supplier, and a large number of satellite data would be exposed for years.