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Spacecraft Jamming: Optical Jamming (Links/Sensor Blinding)

ID Name
T2049.001 Receiver lock on a spurious carrier
T2049.002 Optical Jamming (Links/Sensor Blinding)
T2049.003 SDR buffer overflow

An attacker can conduct optical attacks with high power laser beams to target optical sensors or optical links. If the payload uses cameras or other optical sensors to take pictures or measurements, they can be blinded or damaged. [1] [2] [3]

ID: T2049.002
Sub-technique of:  T2049
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Tactic: Impact
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Platforms: Space-link communication
Version: 2.0
Created: 23 September 2022
Last Modified: 21 April 2023

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.

References

  1. ESA experts. (2022). Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. Bart Hendrickx. (2022, July). Kalina: a Russian ground-based laser to dazzle imaging satellites. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  1. P. Paul, M. R. Bhatnagar and A. Jaiswal. (2020, March). Retrieved October 4, 2022.