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NASA refutes Iranian cyberattack claims
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-05-28 09:01
NASA, the US space agency, has denied that its website had been hacked and information stolen by a band of Iranian students that called themselves the "Cyber Warriors Team."
The group bragged in a May 16 post on Pastebin that it had hacked a NASA site and stolen the personal information of thousands of NASA researchers. The site allegedly compromised is called the Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System.
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Psychiatrist who once said UFO hacker could commit suicide if extradited, changes his mind
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-03-29 00:21
A psychiatrist who once said Gary McKinnon would likely commit suicide if deported to the US to face charges of hacking into Nasa and the Pentagon has now apparently changed his tune and is saying the 46-year old is fit for extradition.
In a 2009 evaluation commissioned by the McKinnon family, Professor Declan Murphy had warned "If Mr McKinnon is deported to the US, he will require - in my opinion - continual observation on a one-one basis during that time period, and for the rest of his incarceration. If this does not happen, he is likely to make a serious attempt at suicide."
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NASA admits to 13 data breaches
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-03-05 09:37
NASA has admitted hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches.
NASA inspector General Paul Martin testified before Congress this week on the breaches, which appear to be among the more significant in a string of security problems for federal agencies.
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Space station control codes on stolen NASA laptop
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-03-01 01:52
A laptop stolen from NASA last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station, an internal investigation has found.
The laptop, which was not encrypted, was among dozens of mobile devices lost or stolen in recent years that contained sensitive information, the space agency's inspector general told Congress today in testimony highlighting NASA's security challenges.
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NASA calls for vendors to "open source" NASA.gov
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-02-23 01:30
NASA has released an RFI (Request For Information) asking for help reimplementing the nasa.gov web site using open source software and open standards. With 600,000 unique visitors and over 1.29 TB of traffic a day, 140 different web sites and applications and over 700,000 web pages, the task is large.
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