The 2022 Pwnie Nominee For Epic Achievement

THAT VIASAT THINGIE

ALLEGEDLY THEY REMOTELY FLASHED FIRMWARE ON VIASAT MODEMS, IN THE WAKE OF THE UKRAINE INVASION, WHICH EFFECTIVELY BRICKED THEM. I’VE READ THAT THIS WAS, IN PART, TO IMPEDE UKRAINE’S COORDINATION OF ARTILLERY FIRE, WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS A F1RST! IN THE USE OF CYB3RCYB3R IN SUPPORT OF CONVENTIONAL WARFARE. THUS IT IS AN EP(IC|OCH-MAKING) ACHIEVEMENT