NASA says observation satellite ‘hacked’

By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, October 28, 2011 16:48 EDT
Photographers at a NASA shuttle launch on Feb. 24, 2011.
 
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NASA said Friday afternoon that one of their observation satellites had been “hacked” twice, but they declined to place blame, according to a report by Talking Points Memo.

Officials said they were forming a group to beef up security, and insisted they’d regained control of the Terra AM-1 satellite, which is used to observe geological changes. The Pentagon has also been notified of the hack.

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