NASA has become a popular target of hackers. The space agency’s computer network was breached 13 times in 2011 — to the point where suspected Chinese hackers gained “full functional control” of computers used by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,” a government inspector general told congressional investigators. The agency spends just $58 million of its $1.5 billion annual budget on computer security, NASA inspector general Paul Martin said recently. That low priority extends to physical security.
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Protecting NASA From Hackers Is Not Rocket Science, Say Analysts
Posted by: Ed Sutherland March 5, 2012 12:23 PMNASA has become a popular target of hackers. The space agency’s computer network was breached 13 times in 2011 — to the point where suspected Chinese hackers gained “full functional control” of computers used by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,” a government inspector general told congressional investigators. The agency spends just $58 million of its $1.5 billion annual budget on computer security, NASA inspector general Paul Martin said recently. That low priority extends to physical security.