They hacked NASA and, at least this time, it does not seem that they are Brazilian.

Some NASA servers were hacked, which compromised the data of the agency's staff. The hacking was reported on October 23, but it is only now that they have released information about the incident – an internal memo for employees was sent on Tuesday (18).

The notice alleged that hackers could have obtained personally identifiable information, including social security numbers (equivalent to CPF in Brazil) belonging to the staff of the space agency. Staff of SpaceRef was able to get their hands on the memo sent by NASA's human resources division.

According to the document, NASA is working with federal investigators to determine the extent of the gap and who may have been responsible. What immediately came to mind with this episode is the pathetic attempt of a group of Brazilian hackers who tried to send a warning to the NSA, but which eventually distorted the website of the NASA. This case happened in 2013 and it was a little odd, after all, NASA was not involved in the espionage scandals of the time.

When Brazilian pirates joked NASA's website thinking it was coming from the NSA

information about the suspects, nor about the motivation of the attack. The episode however comes at a time when the US government is in a state of alarm for a government-sponsored cyber espionage. US authorities apparently seem to believe that the recent invasion of Marriott's hotel reservation system, which revealed information from 500 million Internet users, was a government-requested information gathering mission. Chinese.

sent this week warns that the hacked servers contained personal information relating to NASA employees between July 2006 and October 2018. The company encourages employees to take the necessary precautions to prevent any theft from occurring. identity.

It appears that investigators have not yet defined exactly which employees may have been affected.

Contacted by Gizmodo Gringo, a spokesman for NASA said that he could not say exactly how much information could be revealed, but confirmed that the agency "does not believe that the invasion has prejudiced any mission. "

[SpaceRef, ZDNet e Gizmodo US]