ESA Data Breach: When Even Space Isn’t Safe from Hackers!
The European Space Agency has confirmed a data breach after a hacker, using the moniker “888,” attempted to sell 200 GB of allegedly stolen data. The breach, which affected a few external science servers, has ESA scrambling faster than a rocket launch to investigate and secure the compromised systems.
Hot Take:
Well, it looks like even space agencies aren’t immune to getting their data abducted! ESA seems to have had a close encounter of the hacker kind. Now they’re racing against time to patch up their cosmic data leak. Houston, we have a problem… and it’s not just gravity we’re fighting!
Key Points:
- A hacker named “888” claims to have breached ESA’s external servers.
- 200 GB of data, including source code and confidential documents, allegedly stolen.
- ESA’s investigation shows only a few servers outside its main network were affected.
- The breach involves unclassified scientific collaboration servers.
- ESA is working on securing the affected servers and informing stakeholders.
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