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Re: Hacker risked astronauts' lives
From: Cancer Omega <comega () ATTRITION ORG>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:37:31 -0600
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, InfoSec News wrote:
Forwarded by: The Dodger <dodger () 2600 COM> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_816000/816510.stm
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Once again, the BBC goes for massive FUD and doesn't do any fact-checking. The real story is thus: NASA's Inspector General's office found that during the STS-86 mission in September of 1997, the transmission of routine medical information was slightly delayed due to a computer hacker. However, the transmission was successfully completed. At no time was communication between NASA and the astronauts compromised. The communication interruption occurred between internal ground-based computer systems. There has never been an interruption of communication service with the Shuttle due to computer hacker attacks. The command and control communications links between Mission Control and a Space Shuttle in orbit are extremely well insulated. The 1997 incident is currently under investigation by NASA Inspector General's office. .c ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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