# Satellite Communication

Type: Technology

Source: GetYourBrief — https://getyourbrief.com/entity/satellite-communication
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## Timeline

- **2026-08-19**: Atalanta releases Argo — Cybersecurity company Atalanta releases Argo, an AI-assisted software understanding tool used to prove Viasat network resilience. The development is reported by the Associated Press and The Star.
- **2022-02-24**: Russia disables satellite modems on first day of Ukraine invasion — Russian actors disabled thousands of satellite modems across Ukraine and other European countries, targeting Viasat's satellite communications network to disrupt communications.

## Recent coverage (3 stories, network-wide)

### Viasat Hardens SATCOM After 2022 Attack Disabled Thousands of Modems
2026-08-20 12:35:59 · Sector: space · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

For space and defense leaders, Atalanta's Argo demonstrates a new AI-based software understanding capability to validate the resilience of satellite communications against cyberattacks, using the 2022 Russian attack on Viasat as a benchmark.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/viasat-argo-ai-satcom-russia-2022

### Argo AI Tool Analyzes Software After 2022 Hack Hit Thousands of Modems
2026-08-20 12:35:48 · Sector: cyber · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Cybersecurity teams now have a new commercial capability: Argo's AI-driven 'software understanding' to detect vulnerabilities comprehensively, validated against the 2022 Viasat satellite hack that disabled thousands of modems.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/argo-ai-vulnerability-analysis-viasat-cyber

### Atalanta Launches AI Argo After 2022 Attack Hit Thousands
2026-08-20 12:35:32 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

AI and ML teams can study Argo as a new commercial deployment of 'software understanding'—an AI-assisted system that combines complex math with machine intelligence to analyze software at scale, launched by Atalanta.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/atalanta-argo-ai-software-understanding

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