U.S. Army soldiers chat near the Joint Tactical Ground Station, JTAGS , antenna, part of the missile defense initiative at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan, Jan. 22, 2008 (AP)Chinese Military Suspected In Hacker Attacks On U.S. Satellites -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission.
The intrusions on the satellites, used for earth climate and terrain observation, underscore the potential danger posed by hackers, according to excerpts from the final draft of the annual report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The report is scheduled to be released next month.
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Update #1: Hackers Targeted U.S. Government Satellites -- Threat Level
Update #2: China behind US satellite attack? -- Ubergizmo
Update #3: Hackers reportedly behind U.S. government satellite disruptions -- CNET
My Comment: They may call it hacking .... I call it a deliberate cyber attack, and one that is only now being reported.