USA: Nasa Comp. Security Prob.

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Stolen NASA Laptop Had Space Station Control Code
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http://news.discovery.com/space/stolen-nasa-laptop-had-space-station-control-code-120301.html

NASA had 5,408 computer security lapses in 2010 and 2011, including the March 2011 loss of a laptop computer that contained algorithms used to command and control the International Space Station (ISS), the agency’s inspector general told Congress Wednesday.

An attack by Chinese hackers on NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, Calif., was also mentioned, although details were scant of the ongoing investigation.

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