Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said on July 9, as part of the international online training Cyber Polygon, that some information is transmitted from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth encrypted and even when intercepted, it cannot be decrypted.
"Cryptographic encryption can be used to transmit information, which, even in the case of interception of information, is practically indecipherable," he said.
According to Novitsky, information about the health of crew members and technical information is transmitted through closed communication channels. He noted that "the level of security of information transmission is quite high and reliable."
Earlier, Novitsky told how fraudsters tried to deceive him under the guise of Sberbank employees. He noted that there was no direct hacking, since he himself did not have particularly valuable information, and noted that "it was very obvious that scammers were getting in touch."
Currently, there are seven crew members on board the ISS: Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai, Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur, European Space Agency astronaut Tom Pesquet, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
On July 8, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced that the launch of the Russian Nauka module to the ISS is scheduled for July 21. The reserve dates are set for July 22 and 23.
