Hi, I'm Will Roper. And I'm Brett Goldstein. And welcome to HackASAT, DEFCON's first live
satellite hacking event. Do you need some hand sanitizer, Will? I do, Brett. Okay, here you go.
Thank you. Okay, there's a pandemic going, but we're actually really looking forward to being
part of safe mode. But guess what? I run a SWAT team of nerds, and I've brought my best to DEFCON.
We're representing all of the Air Force and Space Force's programs, and a lot of them are satellites
overhead in space. And with space being increasingly important to how we operate in the military and to
how all of us live our personal lives, we wanted to see if hackers could get in to a satellite
orbiting overhead at seven kilometers a second. Will and I are done with the days of security
through obscurity. We want you to take a look at what we've done. We think it's pretty good,
but bring your best because we're going to show you some pretty cool stuff. Absolutely. We are
getting out from behind our high fence lines to learn from communities like yours how to be better
at cyber hygiene so it's not the easy way to take our military down. With our satellites being so
important to the way our military operates, why fight a fighter or a ship or soldiers on the
ground if you can take out the satellites that enable them? And what easier way to do that than
cyber? It's the quicker, easier, and more seductive way to beat us. And we've got to
defeat this dark side of the force if we're going to be a military that people can count on. So if
you've got your game on, bring your Emacs, bring your VI. I'm an Emacs guy, but let's see what
you've got and let's have a great DEF CON together. Absolutely. We started with a fighter.
We've now moved to a satellite. And in future, we want to bring more opportunities for the
community to learn. So share us your thoughts as what exciting opportunity can we come back with
next year? And me with my Air and Space Force program and Brett with his SWAT team of nerds
will be here. Look forward to seeing you.