How $800 hardware can sniff Bitcoin miner traffic via satellite

UC San Diego and the University of Maryland researchers have reported findings showing that roughly half of GEO satellite downlinks carry data without encryption. Further, data interception can be reproduced with just $800 of consumer hardware. Per WIRED, the team captured telco backhaul, industrial control traffic, and law-enforcement communications, and reported fixes to affected providers The post How $800 hardware can sniff Bitcoin miner traffic via satellite appeared first on CryptoSlate.