The official expressed concern that sensitive information — notably command data for European satellites — is unencrypted, because many were launched years ago without advanced onboard computers or encryption capabilities.

According to the article the satellites that were shadowed were:

Satellite Launch date RASCOM-QAF1R August 4, 2010 Eutelsat 3B July 2014 Eutelsat Konnect VHTS September 7, 2022 Astra 4A November 18, 2007 SES-5 July 9, 2012 Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A December 26, 2010 Eutelsat 9B January 30, 2016 Eutelsat 3C February 12, 2009

That wasn’t that long ago relative to encryption being done on computers.

I’m a software engineer in space and the things I’ve heard are astounding. Basically space software as a sector is super backwards and operated under a “We’re too far away to be hacked” mentality for way too long. Thankfully, that is changing, and the EU Space Act mandates cybersec in some cases

What’s it like typing in zero-G? Does the keyboard float away from you?