NASA, JPL hacked and under "full functional control" by attacker

[TLAM Strike]

Hacking NASA.

Everything NASA does is mostly public domain; you could basically just ask for it.

[the_tyrant]

hey what do you know: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/...=related_right

NASA could stand to tighten up the security of its data, according to a report filed with the US House of Representatives Wednesday. Virtually none of the agency's portable devices are encrypted, and 48 of them were lost or stolen between April 2009 and April 2011. One of those was an unencrypted notebook containing algorithms to command and control the International Space Station.

edit:

it seems like their track record is terrible
" Out of 47 attempts last year, hackers managed to penetrate NASA***8217;s computer network 13 times."

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/n...-control/10443

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Hacking NASA.

Everything NASA does is mostly public domain; you could basically just ask for it.

True but think what an enemy nation can do to ultra vulnerable targets like our banking system if you can cause massive unrest in your enemies home turf you pretty much win without firing one bullet.Make your enemy defeat himself.

[Jimbuna]

There was something on the news in the UK a week or so ago pointing out how vulnerable the banking and finance industry was to an attack on the international time system....huge transactions could possibly be carried out from continent to continent and freezing the time or setting it to a new time zone electronically would allow the transactions to go through before the various institutions were aware.

[razark]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Everything NASA does is mostly public domain; you could basically just ask for it.

I will point out that NASA tends to handle a decent amount of stuff that is considered sensitive, even if not classified. The difference between a missile and a satellite launcher is the payload. The difference between a missile guidance computer and a spacecraft navigation system is the destination.

There's a huge stack or rules on how to handle and release STI (Science and Technical Information) to the public. Added to that is the headache of having International Partners, both onsite and with remote network access. Then there's the fact that a large portion of the data is generated by contractors, and copyrights/patents/intellectual property may be owned by companies, and not the government. Such things must also be controlled, to prevent violation of those companies' rights.

There's also some classified data on NASA systems. For example, recon satellite capabilites are known to certain NASA people due to the fallout from the Columbia loss.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Hacking NASA.

Everything NASA does is mostly public domain; you could basically just ask for it.

I think that the chinese have been watching to much videos on youtube and have read some conspiracy pages. I think that they must have been brainwashed and have been filled with stuff that NASA is a very secret agency

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