The NOAA JPSS System is affected by thousands vulnerabilities, according to a memorandum from the Department of Commerce’s Office of the Inspector General.
The Satellite systems at NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are affected by thousands of severe vulnerabilities that could be exploited by threat actors hit them.The disconcerting news refers the findings of an audit conducted by the Department of Commerce’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the bureaus has recently examined Joint Polar Satellite System’s (JPSS) ground system discovering a series of major flaws. The NOAA JPSS in an example of the next generation of polar-orbiting environmental satellites, its ground system is used to collect data from several polar-orbiting weather satellites, and provide the information to the users. The JPSS infrastructure is also used control and process data for current and future weather satellites.The NOAA JPSS is ranked as a “High Impact” IT system because any attack could cause catastrophic effects on organizational operations and individuals.
