Since I posted my previous item regarding my suspicions as to the validity of the claims of ‘interference’ with a US Government satellite there have a few more developments.
First NASA has come out and ‘confirmed’ the interference.
According to NASA PAO: “NASA experienced two suspicious events with the Terra spacecraft in the summer and fall of 2008. There was no manipulation of data, no commands successfully sent to the satellite, and no data captured. NASA notified the Department of Defense, which is responsible for investigating any attempted interference with satellite operations. While we cannot discuss additional details regarding the attempted interference, our satellite operations and associated systems and information are safe and secure.
Which if you read between the lines says absolutely nothing and denies everything. Just “two suspicious events” that caused no commands to be sent to any satellites, and no data changed or captured from a satellite. So what exactly constitutes a “suspicious event”? How the hell did we go from “suspicious event” to “OMG Hackers are controlling satellites!”?
This of course brings me right back to my original theory, that nothing of any significance actually happened, that some system got infected with malware and since that system was supposed to be air gapped and could control a satellite NASA had to inform DoD as a matter of protocol. So no satellites actually got ‘hacked’ and the cyber cold war continues as usual.
The second development is that China has denied all the accusations. Naturally. Specifically they claimed “This report is untrue and has ulterior motives. It’s not worth a comment,” which I agree with completely.
