Flooding: Erroneous Input

ID Name
ATAGS-T1049.001 Erroneous Input
ATAGS-T1049.002 Valid Commands

Threat actors inject noise/data/signals into the target channel so that legitimate messages cannot be correctly processed due to impacts to integrity or availability. Additionally, while this technique does not utilize system-relevant signals/commands/information, the target spacecraft may still consume valuable computing resources to process and discard the signal.

ID: ATAGS-T1049.001
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1049
Tactic: Execution
Targeted Components: Network Transport
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.