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2600	9380	Welcome to Space Security Challenge 2020, HackASAT, the final event. As the democratization
9380	14860	of space opens up a new frontier for exploration and innovation, we see new cybersecurity
14860	21480	vulnerabilities emerging. The Space Security Challenge is designed to inspire the world's
21480	27180	top cybersecurity talent to develop the skills necessary to secure this last frontier of
27180	35160	cybersecurity, space. And already we've made a ton of progress. I'll catch you up. This spring,
35160	40180	we hosted over 2,000 teams who worked their way through a set of foundational space cybersecurity
40180	46600	challenges in our HackASAT qualification round. Now, eight finalist teams are stepping up to
46600	60930	the ultimate challenge. They are hacking a satellite. Welcome to Space Security Challenge
60930	67310	2020, or HackASAT. I'm your host, Jordan Wines, and I'm very excited to be with you today. I'm here
67310	73190	in Melbourne, Florida at HackASAT HQ, where eight satellites are spinning out of control as the
73190	80570	teams do their best to restore functionality, all for a piece of a $100,000 prize pool.
80570	85510	These teams from 11 different countries around the world include not only some that are very
85510	91010	familiar to those of us from the Capture the Flag, or CTF community, but also include many
91010	96190	newcomers who assembled just to answer the call for HackASAT. Let's meet our teams.
137570	143590	To get to this final event, individuals on these eight teams had to beat out over 6,000 other
143590	149310	competitors for a coveted invitation. This required mastery not only in traditional CTF hacking skills
149310	155310	like reverse engineering and vulnerability research, but also in areas new to the CTF community,
155310	161910	including orbital mechanics, astrophysics, space-based communication systems, and many others.
161910	167330	Today and tomorrow, each of our eight teams will race the others through a series of challenges
167330	173150	to regain control over their Flatsat. If you followed our story at HackASAT.com
173150	180170	and Launch.com.com, you might know that through some bad code and poor business choices,
180170	185670	our defunct Launch.com company has accidentally triggered a satellite intended for the year 2000
185670	191870	to be launched in 2020 with no one in control. In our fictional storyline, this satellite has
191870	196550	been co-opted by nefarious forces, and it's up to our competitors to regain control over
196550	201950	the many components. Since qualifying, each team was shipped a physical Flatsat,
201950	207270	and these Flatsats are not only prizes for their qualifying performance, but also allow the teams
207270	212550	to become familiar with the hardware and software before this final event. So what's the difference
212550	218090	between a satellite and a Flatsat? Think of a Flatsat as a bench version for testing components
218090	223490	of an actual satellite without necessarily being exactly what you would send into space.
223490	228850	The satellites you can watch in our live webcams are Flatsats. But don't worry,
228850	234090	not all of the competition this weekend will be terrestrial. The game has actually been underway
234090	239490	for one hour now, and our team's first challenge has been to regain control of the ground station
239490	244650	that they'll be using to communicate with their Flatsats. Being good hackers, of course, we call
244650	253350	this Challenge Zero. Challenge Zero. Here's what we know. An adversary has obtained access to the
253350	259930	satellite's ground station. Once they obtained access, they kicked us out. The challenge? Teams must
259930	272560	obtain network access to the ground station. This is called Challenge Zero because it's required for
272560	278440	the teams to even kick the game off. While most of our challenges will have teams focusing on
278440	283400	components that are inside of their Flatsats, Challenge Zero is all about gaining access to
283400	288200	the ground station that they'll be using to communicate with their Flatsat. And again, this
288200	292680	is not a simulation. All of these eight Flatsats may be here on Earth, but they're completely
293260	297940	untethered, floating on a cushion of air, and each one being connected wirelessly from a separate
297940	303840	radio link. In the first hour of gameplay, teams have been getting their bearings and working on
303840	309660	solving Challenge Zero. In fact, just before this broadcast went live, we received word that this
309660	315440	challenge was actually solved by Team Samurai. Congratulations to them. Let's go ahead and see
315700	351070	a little bit more about Team Samurai. Team Samurai is a mainstay in the CTF community. In fact, one
351070	355950	of the fun facts about this community is that I've competed against Samurai about as many times as
355950	360470	I've actually competed with them. This community is tight-knit, people move around between them,
360470	365350	and it's good to see them jump into the lead and take a start on the scoreboard. They're now going
365350	369410	to be focusing on Challenge One, which we're going to give you a little bit of a hint on what that
369410	377510	entails now. Challenge number one. Here's what we know. Having access to the ground station means we
377510	381890	can attempt communication, but the satellite is spinning out of control, which complicates
381890	387170	everything. The challenge. Teams must regain communication with the satellite.
397490	402370	While this event was originally planned to be in person during DEFCON in the
402370	407590	Aerospace Village, thanks to the tireless efforts of dozens of people involved behind the scenes,
407590	412690	we're instead streaming to you live throughout the event. Not only has the game itself been adapted
412690	418010	to allow for remote participation from our eight teams over VPN, but the spectator experience has
418010	423950	changed as well. There are many different ways you can now experience HackASAT. For a simpler
423950	430050	interface, just visit hackasat.com with a web-based scoreboard, these periodic live updates streamed
430050	437070	and links to other resources. For a more immersive experience, head over to virtual.hackasat.com
437070	441950	where you can get all of the above and more, including watching our satellites live via one
441950	448290	of four dedicated webcam feeds, get more technical game data from the 3D octagon scoreboard, as well
448290	453530	as many other resources about our competitors, the flatsats, the technologies involved in space,
453530	458390	and even communicate with other viewers in a dedicated chat and have a few social interactions.
458390	462830	No need to remember all that just now though, all you have to remember is that you can find it all
462830	469330	on hackasat.com and virtual.hackasat.com. The HackASAT team is also partnering with the
469330	473990	Aerospace Village, one of the many villages you'd normally get to experience in person at DEF CON.