TWiT 1054: Nine Days a Week - Satellite Data Exposed With $750 of Equipment

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Leo Laporte

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🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 176 minutes

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Summary

Shocking new research reveals how anyone with $750 can intercept unencrypted satellite data, exposing everything from government secrets to in-flight Wi-Fi traffic. Find out why decades-old vulnerabilities are still open and who actually wants it that way.

Study: The World's Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping
You Only Need $750 of Equipment to Pilfer Data From Satellites, Researchers Say
Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials
DHS says Chinese criminal gangs made $1B from US text scams
cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF
Why Signal's post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
Court reduces damages Meta will get from spyware maker NSO Group but bans it from WhatsApp
How I Almost Got Hacked By A 'Job Interview'
New California law requires AI to tell you it's AI
The European Union issued its first fines under the AI Act, penalizing a French facial recognition startup €12 million for deploying unverified algorithms in public security contracts
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
Texas hit with a pair of lawsuits for its app store age verification requirements
Australia shares tips to wean teens off social media ahead of ban. Will it work?
California enacts age-gate law for app stores
Meta is asking Facebook users to give its AI access to their entire camera roll
Meta poached Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, with a compensation package rumored to reach $1.5 billion over six years
Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers
Roku's AI-upgraded voice assistant can answer questions about what you're watching
Tesla debuts a steering wheel-less taxi for two
Waymo and DoorDash Are Teaming Up to Deliver Your Food via Robotaxi

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jacob Ward, Harper Reed, and Abrar Al-Heeti

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0:00.0	25 years ago, a small group of business and government leaders met in Washington, D.C.
0:05.2	They envisioned the creation of an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to help people, businesses, and government mitigate the growing threat of cyber attacks.
0:16.1	Today, the Center for Internet Security embodies that vision. For 25 years, it's worked with a global
0:21.7	community of IT and cybersecurity experts to develop the CIS benchmarks and CIS critical
0:27.7	security controls. These proven security best practices defend against common cyber threats
0:33.3	and streamline compliance with industry frameworks, regulations, and standards.
0:38.7	Today, CIS provides cybersecurity services, threat intelligence, and critical resources
0:43.7	to help public and private sector organizations alike strengthen their cyber defenses.
0:49.6	Visit CISCurity.org today.
0:52.0	That's the letters CIS security.org to find out how CIS can help your
0:57.2	organization as we create confidence in the connected world. It's time for twit this week in tech. Harper
1:02.7	Reads here, Abra Aral Heady and Jacob Ward. We got a great show plan for you. We'll talk about
1:08.0	hacking. Turns out all that data on the satellites going back and forth,
1:11.9	it's not encrypted. Nobody ever thought anybody be listening. California's got a new law about
1:18.3	social media, AI and age verification. And Australia is about to ban social media for people
1:24.4	under 16. Get ready for the screams of pain. And the AI
1:29.1	researcher who's getting more than
1:31.0	$200 million a year
1:33.4	from meta. All that more. Coming up next
1:35.5	on Twitter.
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