Q&A: Viasat Tests Satellite Resilience With AI as Cyber Expert Warns an Attack Could ‘Hurt an Entire Country’

Viasat has used an AI-assisted platform from Atalanta to test whether its satellite communications links can meet operational thresholds under interference and adversarial jamming, announced this month. The work renews scrutiny of vulnerabilities exposed by Russia's 2022 attack on Viasat's KA-SAT network, which disrupted communications across Ukraine and several European countries. Cyber expert Gil Baram warned that an attack could 'hurt an entire country.'

An AI-assisted platform has been used to test whether Viasat’s satellite communications links can meet operational thresholds under interference and adversarial jamming. Announced this month, the work with Atalanta has renewed scrutiny of the vulnerabilities exposed by Russia’s 2022 attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network, which disrupted communications across Ukraine and several European countries. Gil Baram, … The post Q&A: Viasat Tests Satellite Resilience With AI as Cyber Expert Warns an Attack Could ‘Hurt an Entire Country’ https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/09/04/qa-viasat-tests-satellite-resilience-with-ai-as-cyber-expert-warns-an-attack-could-hurt-an-entire-country/ appeared first on IT Security Guru https://www.itsecurityguru.org .