Massive cyberattack disables telescopes in Hawaii and Chile
Around ten National Science Foundation-funded space telescopes in Chile and Hawaii have been offline for around two weeks by a curious cyberattack.
Source: interestingengineering.com
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Around ten National Science Foundation-funded space telescopes in Chile and Hawaii have been offline for around two weeks by a curious cyberattack.
On August 1, 2023, hackers broke into Gemini North telescope computers. The incident has shutdown observatory operations there and in Chile.
For weeks, hackers have been targeting major telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, forcing scientists to suspend all observations.
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