The U.S. Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that hackers had stolen employee data and access the project "secret mission" since 2011 last year.
The action was attacked 13 major networks that could disrupt the U.S. national security.
NASA Inspector General, Paul Martin said that this action will affect the hacker security issues. Martin published this statement on Wednesday (02/29/2012).
NASA discovered in November 2011 that hackers are using IP addresses in China and destroy the networks Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA.
The laboratory is one of the key laboratories are responsible for 23 NASA spacecraft, including missions to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn.
Martin added that the hacker has access to the entire system, so they can modify, copy, or delete sensitive files, create a new user account, and upload the data hacking tools to steal credentials and damaging other NASA systems.
They may also modify system logs to hide their actions.
Memo iPad purchase is canceled
In the same publication, NASA decided to abandon plans to facilitate the thousands of personnel with Apple Inc. iPad produced. Two days ago, a news site Nextgov raised the claim that 2861 will be equipped with GoodReader iPad.
GoodReader is a program of electronic documents created by independent developers Russia. The program is used to store and update the flight information, regulations and orders. But NASA has denied the cancellation was caused by GoodReader.
"The cancellation was not from fear of GoodReader program," said Matt Durham, a spokesman for the Air Force Special Operations Command. He added that the cancellation has been done three weeks ago.
Although Matt Durham denied, but Mike Jacobs, who heads the National Security Agency program said in an interview that the software procurement has been canceled, after learning that its programming code is made by Russia.
Branches of the military and the U.S. government has increased security by ensuring that the hardware, software, and other components have not been tampered with by other countries. U.S. companies are often undergoing contracts with foreign companies for programming, including Russia.
source of kompas.com
