Jesse McGraw

I love radio, particularly when it bleeds into signals intelligence. Since the onset of the sweeping power grid blackouts across the Iberian Peninsula and into Western Europe, I’ve been surfing the airwaves and learning new things about the fascinating world of radio frequencies. That’s why I bought an RTL-SDR, or Realtek Software Defined Radio. I am a survivor of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, which rocked Los Angeles and caused around two million people to lose power.

I remember the days when I was a teenager, sitting at my computer and eager to explore the information superhighway in the 90s with my dial-up modem. Looking back, when I hacked into systems and poked around for fun to satisfy my curiosity, I had no other motive. But the world changed, and so did my motives.

Following the recent escalation between Israel and Iran, the pro-Palestinian hacktivist group GhostSec has reportedly shifted its focus toward space-based assets. It is particularly interested in Israeli satellites. This is how they protest. GhostSec has long distinguished itself from the hacktivist landscape by carrying out far more sophisticated tactics and targeted operations than its peers.