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The Air Force will soon issue an unusual invitation to white-hat hackers<\/a>: infiltrate and take control of a military satellite orbiting the Earth.<\/p> The news comes one month after the Air Force invited hackers — under close supervision — to ransack the F-15 fighter jet’s flimsily-secured software for vulnerabilities, Wired <\/a><\/em>reports<\/a>. The Air Force was reportedly so pleased with the results of that hack that it’s continuing the program next year, ending a long tradition of closing itself off from outside experts to improve its cybersecurity.<\/p> Soon, the Air Force will request submissions from hackers who think they can handle its next challenge: taking over an active satellite’s Earth-facing camera.<\/p> Hackers can either target the satellite itself or its terrestrial control station, Will Roper, Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics, told Wired<\/em>.<\/p> “We will have opportunities for contestants to do both,” he said. “But what they’re going to do is try to take over the satellite by any means they find.”<\/p> During the F-15 hack, most of the problem areas reportedly came from specific components built by smaller contractors, Wired<\/em> reports, which don’t have the resources to secure their products as well as bigger companies like Lockheed Martin might.<\/p> By collaborating with hackers who excel at finding security flaws, Roper told Wired <\/em>that he hopes the entire military cybersecurity<\/a> supply chain can be patched up.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite<\/a> [Wired<\/em>]<\/p> More on cybersecurity: <\/strong>Hackers Are Stealing Sensitive Documents From The U.S. Military And Selling Them<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post The Air Force Is Inviting Hackers to Breach a Satellite<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the original post: Welcome! The Air Force will soon issue an unusual invitation to white-hat hackers : infiltrate and take control of a military satellite orbiting the Earth. The news comes one month after the Air Force invited hackers \u2014 under close supervision \u2014 to ransack the F-15 fighter jet\u2019s flimsily-secured software for vulnerabilities, Wired reports . The Air Force was reportedly so pleased with the results\u00a0of that hack that it\u2019s continuing the program next year, ending a long tradition of closing itself off from outside experts to improve its cybersecurity. Continue reading Higher Stakes<\/h2>
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