Have U.S. Military Satellites Been Compromised By Chinese Hackers?

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Real-Life Star Wars: Were Chinese Military Hackers Behind Two Attacks On U.S. Satellites? -- Daily Mail

* Environment-monitoring satellites targeted in attacks
* Strategic Command chief says data is 'inconclusive'
* Congress report points finger at Red Army techniques

China may have been behind two cyber attacks on U.S. satellites, an explosive report to Congress has claimed.

The annual report, by the U.S.-China Economic Security and Review Commission, said that at least two environment-monitoring satellites were 'interfered with' four or more times in 2007 and 2008.

Without providing 'smoking gun' evidence that pointed directly to China, the report said the nature of the attacks were 'consistent' with known Chinese techniques of waging cyber attacks.

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More News On US Satellites Experiencing Cyber Attacks

US Satellites Compromised by Malicious Cyber Activity -- ABC News
Satellite Hack Attempt Shows U.S. Blind Spot -- Wall Street Journal
Kehler: U.S. Can’t Pin Satellite Interference on China -- Space News
US commander cannot pin down satellite anomaly -- Reuters
Two U.S. satellites hacked multiple times, report says -- The Inquisitr