NASA Hacked !!

Yes, you had read right, NASA got hacked. The news is confirmed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), this week that Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been hacked.

Many of you didn't know about it.

JPL termed as Jet Propulsion Laboratory, founded in the 1930s, this lab is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for NASA. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Means the spacecraft revolve around the lower orbit, outside orbit or having research on Mangal Grah, needs communication from the earth and this communication is provided by JPL and also all the entire work is operated from this lab only.



NASA had also been hacked before by Gary McKinnon , who is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time,"'although McKinnon himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public. On 16 October 2012, after a series of legal proceedings in Britain, Home Secretary Theresa May withdrew her extradition order to the United States.
Hacking can be possible by the heavy and hight specced system, but again NASA got stuck and hacked by the smallest computer operating system Raspberry Pi, it is a 35$ computer, made for the people who want to compute and code but can not afford a heavy configuration system. It also runs with the help of the power bank. Specs for this device is very nominal, it has- (raspberry pi 3) 

SoC: Broadcom BCM2837
CPU: 4× ARM Cortex-A53, 1.2GHz
GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM: 1GB LPDDR2 (900 MHz)
Networking: 10/100 Ethernet, 2.4GHz 802.11n wireless
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1 Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy
Storage: MicroSD
GPIO: 40-pin header, populated ports: HDMI, 3.5mm analog audio-video jack, 4× USB 2.0, Ethernet, Camera Serial Interface (CSI), Display Serial Interface (DSI)




Its size is 65mm x 30mm, like any of the credit or debit card. 
It is also used for making drones, robot cars, and the favorite choice of hackers because of its price range.

In JPL lab, the hacker connects this computer to JPL servers and moved  Laterally further into NASA network. Well, the hackers apparently got as far as the Deep Space Network (DSN) array of ratio telescope and numerous other JPL system and steal secret files. They also steal 23 files whose total size is 500 MB related to marks mission of which contained International Traffic in Arms Regulations information related to the Mars Science Laboratory mission," the NASA OIG said. The OIG report said the hackers used "a compromised external user system" to access. When they come to know that Hackers also breached NASA satellite dish network then they get active and cybersecurity cuts down the connection and repair.

Classified as an advanced persistent threat, the attack went undetected for nearly a year," the NASA OIG said. "The investigation into this incident is ongoing.

This is clear that NASA the world's most advanced organization, get hacked by the smallest computer, hence there system have many flows and huge bugs.

It’s unknown who’s behind the breach or what their motivation might be, but it comes at a time when the U.S. government is on high alert regarding government-sponsored cyber-espionage. Authorities reportedly believe the recent hack of Marriott hotels’ booking system, which exposed the information of 500 million guests, was an information-gathering mission perpetrated by the Chinese government. The operation is believed to be connected to a larger campaign that breached the records of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 2014. Chinese intelligence operatives are said to find the information useful for rooting out spies, tracking government officials’ movements, and identifying future targets.

To know more -

NASA OIG Report

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