by admin | Jan 7, 2025 | Space Piracy
This last Christmas day, the Finnish police and Coast Guard seized the Eagle S, a Russian oil tanker, for deliberately damaging an underwater electric cable. The ship, which is allegedly part of Russia’s “dark fleet” that circumvents oil export sanctions, disrupted...
by Hugh Taylor and Marc Feldman | Dec 15, 2024 | Space Piracy
Thinking about piracy in space means building scenarios and then subjecting them to reality checks. It helps to go for extremes and come up with outlandish ideas. You can always bring them back down to earth, so to speak. In our exploration of the potential for space...
by admin | Nov 21, 2024 | News
Comprising experts from fields as diverse as international relations, the military, academia, and science fiction, the advisory board is poised to guide CSCPG in its research agenda and more LOS ANGELES—November 20, 2024—The Center for the Study of Space Crime,...
by admin | Nov 18, 2024 | Military
As our book, Space Piracy, nears its publication date in February, we are receiving positive feedback from senior people in the military and intelligence community (IC). We have identified an issue worth discussing, at the very least. At the heart of the matter is the...
by admin | Nov 4, 2024 | Space Crime
Marc Feldman and Hugh Taylor, authors of “Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit,” were recently featured on the Underworld podcast. Underworld is a podcast about organized crime around the world, written and hosted by Danny Gold and Sean...
by admin | Nov 1, 2024 | Curated Articles We Think You Should Read
Our friend and advisor has published a fascinating and prescient article on an important issue in space cybersecurity. The ICARUS matrix is designed to unlock a range of possible cyber scenarios to plan for threats. October 30th, 2024 by Patrick Lin In our recent...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024 | Finance/Risk Management
Money laundering is a criminal activity that is likely to find space to be virgin terrain, ripe for exploitation. As with nearly everything else we’ve discussed so far, this is a guess, but it’s probably a correct one. According to the UN, between 2% and 5% of the...
by admin | Oct 9, 2024 | Curated Articles We Think You Should Read
By Audrey Decker October 9, 2024 01:16 PM ET The space industry is waiting for the Space Force and intelligence community to come to an agreement over buying commercial satellite imagery and related analysis—a fight, some say, that is preventing troops from making the...
by admin | Oct 9, 2024 | Curated Articles We Think You Should Read
By Bill Toulas A previously unknown Chinese hacking group known as ‘Space Pirates’ targets enterprises in the Russian aerospace industry with phishing emails to install novel malware on their systems. The threat group is believed to have started operating...
by Hugh Taylor and Marc Feldman | Sep 19, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Space Piracy
The simultaneous explosions of thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon offers a great example of a stealth supply chain attack that few could have ever predicted. It’s a reminder that a determined adversary can be extremely imaginative in...
