Loss of spacecraft telecommanding: Replacement of authentication keys

An attacker can replace the authentication keys (e.g SDLS session keys) to disconnect the legitimate ground station and potentially hijack the connection.

ID: T2055.001
Sub-technique of:  T2055
Tactic: Impact
Platforms: Ground Segment, Space Segment, Space-link communication
Version: 2.0
Created: 20 April 2023
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.