--- title: Space is now critical infrastructure, but we're not... description: Space infrastructure has become a critical attack surface, as demonstrated by the 2022 AcidRain attack that bricked 5,800 satellite modems across Europe by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/space-is-now-critical-infrastructure-but-we-re-not-securing-it-like-it-is-jahs5inui twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Space is now critical infrastructure, but we're not securing it like it is | daily.dev og:description: Space infrastructure has become a critical attack surface, as demonstrated by the 2022 AcidRain attack that bricked 5,800 satellite modems across Europe by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/space-is-now-critical-infrastructure-but-we-re-not-securing-it-like-it-is-jahs5inui og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JAHs5inUi.png og:image:alt: Space is now critical infrastructure, but we're not securing it like it is og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Space is now critical infrastructure, but we're not securing it like it is **[elastic](https://daily.dev/sources/elastic)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Space infrastructure has become a critical attack surface, as demonstrated by the 2022 AcidRain attack that bricked 5,800 satellite modems across Europe by exploiting ground-segment VPN vulnerabilities. Modern space missions are software-defined, API-connected, and integrated with enterprise IT, creating a four-segment attack surface (user, ground, link, space) that traditional security tools cannot fully monitor. The core problem is that space telemetry protocols like CCSDS and SDLS have never been translated into formats security platforms can read, leaving massive blind spots. The SPARTA framework (analogous to MITRE ATT&CK for space) documents 260 attack techniques but until recently had zero working detection rules. The proposed solution involves building a common schema for space mission data, operationalizing SPARTA detection rules, and correlating signals across all four segments in real time — a challenge Elastic positions itself to address by extending its Common Schema into the space domain. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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