Space sector faces 400% surge in cyberattacks amid Iran war, experts say

The space sector is seeing a dramatic rise in the tempo and sophistication of cyberattacks following U.S. and Israel-led military operations in Iran, according to cybersecurity experts.

“From a high-level activity perspective, we’re operating at a tempo about 400% above where we were before the war,” Norm Laudermilch, CISO of Vantor, said during a June 23 CyberSat webinar on Iranian threats to space infrastructure.

The spike in security events is similar to other geopolitical conflicts, like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Laudermilch. What is different, he said, is the convergence of hacktivist groups and nation-state actors. Unlike previous conflicts that saw a rise in hacktivists and cybercriminals conducting low-level attacks, experts are seeing a sustained targeting of the defense, industrial base and adjacent sectors, including aerospace and space.

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