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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’ appeared first on IT Security Guru.","Viasat is using an AI-assisted platform to test the resilience of its satellite communication links against interference and jamming. This initiative follows Russia's 2022 cyberattack on Viasat's KA-SAT network, which significantly disrupted communications in Ukraine and Europe. 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