Adversary in the Middle: Lower Orbit Satellites, or Drones

Threat Actors can take advantage of a drone or any satellite located between the target and the ground station to sniff the communication link.

ID: ATAGS-T1111.001
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1111
Targeted Components: Mission, Personnel & Identity
Responsibility: Shared
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.