That was when a group described as an APT (Advanced, Persistent Threat) breached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's network via a 'Raspberry-Pi' device that was improperly connected to the network.
DopplePaymer ransomware gang claims to have breached DMI, a major US IT and cybersecurity provider, and one of NASA IT contractors. NASA on 18th December, 2018 disclosed a data breach that involved the personal details of current and former employees. The NASA data breach is a worrying one. Hackers Breach IT Consultant’s Network to Steal NASA Data. "Civil Service employees who were onboarded, separated from the agency, and/or transferred between centers from July 2006 to October 2018 may have been affected," NASA's Assistant Administrator Bob Gibbs said in a memo announcing the breach. The data breach itself took place in October 2019 but wasn’t discovered until April 2020. It's a $25 computer.
Agency still doesn't know the number of impacted employees. On Tuesday (December 18), NASA disclosed a data breach involving current and former employees. NASA suffered multiple major data breaches within the past few years, showing that the agency's cybersecurity measures could use work. Sometimes we’ll offer deeper analysis of the latest big breach, and other times we’ll focus on a lesser known incident that has outsized implications for the security industry.. by DH Kass • … In September, the State Department revealed that a data breach exposed the personal information of a small number of employees. Social security numbers and other personal information belonging to employees of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may have been stolen after at least one of the agency’s servers was breached. December 21, 2018 ( PR Submission Site) The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) disclosed today that it had been hacked and personal data of current and former employees may have been compromised in a data breach that hit the US space agency in October, this year. An agency as prolific as NASA has been hit by a cyberattack. Hackers Breach IT Consultant’s Network to Steal NASA Data. Welcome back to our Data Breach of the Month series, where we look at a notable cyber incident or data breach from the past month. NASA is the latest government agency to be hit with a breach. NASA Notifies Employees of Data Breach. DopplePaymer hacker group breached an IT consulting firm's network then gained access to U.S. NASA information, cyber group alleges. NASA suffered multiple major data breaches within the past few years, showing that the agency's cybersecurity measures could use work. This is not the first time we have seen NASA suffer a security breach. In October 2018, some of NASA's current and former employees may have had personal information stolen in a data breach. So far, it doesn’t appear like any personal information was leaked. Personal information of some current and former employees of NASA were stolen in a data breach in October. But the agency has not provided much other detail regarding the incident. Recently, the American space agency announced that they traced a breach back to April of 2018. A NASA data breach included personally identifiable information on employees, including Social Security numbers. NASA Data Breach Demonstrates Need for Proper Network Governance. Ransomware gang says it breached one of NASA's IT contractors. Houston, we have a problem. NASA discloses data breach. While it … Tweet. In 2011, the agency admitted to 13 separate major network breaches, and in 2016 we saw another major hack compromise NASA employee data, flight logs and videos, and the intruders were even able to alter the path of one of NASA’s drones. The Nasa attack follows other major data breaches in 2018, including the Marriott Starwood leaks in November and the British Airways hack in September. According to a report by ZDNet, an internal memo sent to all employees of NASA where it admitted to getting hacked, almost two months after the breach was discovered.. Follow @dannybradbury; A cyber-attack on NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was so severe that it prompted parts of the Agency to disconnect from the Lab's networks, a report revealed this month, and it all began because of a rogue Raspberry Pi.