Russian Hackers Hijack Satellite To Steal Data from Thousands of Hacked Computers

A group of Russian hackers, most notably the Turla APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) is hijacking commercial satellites to hide command-and-control operations, a security firm said today.



Turla APT group, which was named after its notorious software Epic Turla, is abusing satellite-based Internet connections in order to:

Siphon sensitive data from government, military, diplomatic, research