Cosmic Hijack: European Space Agency Portal Exploited to Promote Shady IPTV Services and Online Scams
Executive Overview In a bizarre intersection of cutting-edge cosmological research and illicit internet marketing, the official infrastructure of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been co-opted by shadowy digital actors. Hundreds of promotional PDF documents—hawking everything from unlicensed pirate Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) subscriptions to fraudulent mobile gaming currencies and social media follower schemes—have been…