黑客能把衛(wèi)星變成武器嗎?

黑客能把衛(wèi)星變成武器嗎?

Hackers could shut down satellites and potentially turn them into weapons, an expert warns.

一名專家警告說，黑客可以關閉衛(wèi)星，并可能把它們變成武器。

According to William Akoto, a scholar who studies cyber conflict, hackers taking control of the satellites orbiting Earth could have dire consequences.

研究網絡沖突的學者威廉•阿克托(William Akoto)表示，黑客控制繞地球運行的衛(wèi)星可能會產生可怕的后果。

“On the mundane end of scale, hackers could simply shut satellites down, denying access to their services. Hackers could also jam or spoof the signals from satellites, creating havoc for critical infrastructure,” Akoto wrote for Space.com. “This includes electric grids, water networks and transportation systems.”

在普通范圍內，黑客可以簡單地關閉衛(wèi)星，從而拒絕使用衛(wèi)星服務。黑客還可以干擾或欺騙來自衛(wèi)星的信號，對關鍵的基礎設施造成嚴重破壞。”阿克托在Space.com網站上寫道。“包括電網、水網和交通系統(tǒng)。”

Cyber criminals could even steer the satellites into other satellites or crash them into the International Space Station, he wrote.

他寫道，網絡罪犯甚至可以操縱這些衛(wèi)星撞向其他衛(wèi)星，或將它們撞向國際空間站。

As Akoto noted, some hackers already have waged war against space satellites.

正如阿克托所指出的，一些黑客已經對太空衛(wèi)星發(fā)動了戰(zhàn)爭。

In 1998, hackers allegedly took over the US-German ROSAT X-Ray satellite by gaining access to computers at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. After instructing the satellite to turn its solar panels directly at the sun, its batteries were destroyed and the satellite was ruined.

1998年，黑客入侵了位于馬里蘭州的戈達德太空飛行中心(Goddard Space Flight Center)的電腦，從而控制了美國和德國的ROSAT x射線衛(wèi)星。在指示衛(wèi)星將太陽能電池板直接對準太陽后，其電池被毀，衛(wèi)星也毀了。

Akoto urged governments worldwide to adopt stringent regulations for cybersecurity and mandate the reporting of all satellite breaches.

阿克托敦促世界各國政府采取嚴格的網絡安全法規(guī)，并要求報告所有的衛(wèi)星入侵事件。

“It would be a profound mistake to wait for hackers to gain control of a commercial satellite and use it to threaten life, limb and property — here on Earth or in space — before addressing this issue,” Akoto concluded.

阿克托總結道:“在解決這個問題之前，坐等黑客獲得商業(yè)衛(wèi)星的控制權，并利用它威脅地球上或太空中的生命、肢體和財產，將是一個嚴重的錯誤。”