Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Mieke Eoyang speaks during Cybercon, virtually, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2021. Eoyang told attendees of the 2024 RSA conference in San Francisco, California that foreign adversaries were eyeing space assets as targets for cyber action. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Mieke Eoyang speaks during Cybercon, virtually, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2021. Eoyang told attendees of the 2024 RSA conference in San Francisco, California that foreign adversaries were eyeing space assets as targets for cyber action.

Space assets are in foreign adversaries' cyber crosshairs, DOD official says

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Space assets are in foreign adversaries' cyber crosshairs, DOD official says

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Mieke Eoyang speaks during Cybercon, virtually, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2021. Eoyang told attendees of the 2024 RSA conference in San Francisco, California that foreign adversaries were eyeing space assets as targets for cyber action.

The easiest targets are ground assets like operation centers and launch facilities, said Mieke Eoyang.

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