NASA loses laptop with command codes for ISS

March 3rd, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

RT
March 2, 2012

Four dozen high-tech computing devices disappeared from the offices of NASA over a two-year span, including one laptop that contained the code needed to command the International Space Station.

No big deal, guys!

A laptop with the algorithm used to control the ISS was one of 48 gizmos and gadgets that NASA either reported lost or stolen between April 2009 and April 2011, the agency’s inspector general, Paul Martin, tells the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Although the incidents date back to nearly three years ago, Martin has only now informed Congress of the accidents. They are discussed in a written statement he authored and published this week under the title “NASA Cybersecurity: An Examination of the Agency’s Information Security.”

For the Cliff Notes version, we’ve got you covered. Information security at NASA: not so good.

Over the course of ten pages, Martin makes mention of what he says are five issues that NASA believes, based on their “extensive audit and investigative work,” make up NASA’s “most serious challenges in the admittedly difficult task of protecting the agency’s information.”

For starters, we suggest putting a damn lock on the safe.

A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Martin goes on to list those challenges as including a “lack of full awareness of Agency-wide security posture,”“shortcomings in implementing a continuous monitoring approach to IT security” and the “slow pace of encryption.” Also, however, he adds that one “challenge” in particular, is the ability to handle a sophisticated cyber attack.

Now, what separates a sophisticated cyber attack from a stupid, simple-minded one is something Martin would have to extrapolate on a bit more. But in regards to losing four dozen mobile computing devices — well, keeping a close eye on those things isn’t rocket science. And if it was, you’d expect NASA of all agencies to be able to handle it, wouldn’t you?

According to the congressional testimony, NASA spends around $1.5 billion each year on IT-related activities, which includes approximately $58 million on IT security. And while the statement acknowledges that losing sensitive information could “adversely affect national security,” Martin makes note that lapses have caused concern time and time again. He also admits that security within the agency is not up to snuff, while at the same time revealing that NASA is a “regular target” of such attacks.

The 48 missing mobile devices isn’t the biggest number in the report, though. In 2010 and 2011, reveals the report, NASA reported over 5,400 incidents where either malicious software was found on computers or unauthorized users were granted access to the agency’s systems. For the sake of pointing out the significance of how spectacular of a security flaw this is, we will publish this line as a standalone statement:

NASA SUFFERS OVER 5,000 SECURITY BREACHES A YEAR ON A SYSTEM THAT IS IN CHARGE OF GIANT, SPACE-SURFING MISSILES.

You would only assume that if they can land a man on the moon, surely they could install a copy of McAfee Antivirus.

Those problems, adds the report, have indeed caused the disruption of mission operations and is estimated to have costs NASA $7 million in just one years’ time. In their defense, however, the agency has issued 21 audit reports during the last five years, which have spawned 69 IT-related recommendations. Whether or not they followed through with those, however, is anyone’s guess. Regardless, Martin does make note that the agency has identified that there is indeed “weakness” in regardless to its IT security. That, you see, is something you shouldn’t have to admit to. Over the span of just ten pages, the word “weakness” appears four times.

One of those weaknesses is indeed the ability to monitor mobile devices that are lost. The damage, reveals the report, has been not just the loss of the code used to command and control the International Space Station (that one-million-pound hunk of machinery that NASA allocated $72.4 billion towards), but also Social Security numbers and other sensitive data.

Don’t worry too hard, though. NASA says that eventually they will able to remediate these issues. It’ll take a bit of work though. “Until NASA fully implements an agency-wide data encryption solution, sensitive data on its mobile computing and portable data storage devices will remain at high risk for loss or theft,” reads Martin’s report.

And if you were wondering, “risk” appears an average of twice-per-page in the report.

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39 Responses to “NASA loses laptop with command codes for ISS”

my posts will not post; tried to tell the truth………………. lab dogs tops did not get lost

the goobers know just what happened

dr on es are the new w m d and con trolled via sat e lite and remotes
- sorry about gaps but the filtered stuff will not let things post that are truth unless one gaps and mis spells words
Well, this shows what I have known for a long time; NASA is a joke. It’s always been just one big lie or one big coverup if you will. While most of the conspiracy world is busy saying we faked the moon landing, they miss the biggest point of NASA which is to slowly show us the wonderful technology they have while covering up the real space program / technology. Also most in the conspiracy world fall for the alien BS when again it’s a coverup.

They can’t very well tell us the truth which is that the Nazis had developed some serious technology and I’m not just talking about rockets. After the war, the allies and the Russians split the scientists, their projects, and their knowledge. Shortly thereafter, Area 51 starts becoming a “UFO hotspot”.

We went to the moon, but we didn’t go with NASA. NASA couldn’t find the moon in the night sky. We went and we faked it; suck on it debunkers and CTers alike! Who knows where we really have been or what man has or hasn’t accomplished because what we’re told is a lie. IF NASA can’t even keep their codes secret or keep an eye on a laptop that controls a multibillion dollar space station or give hubble a lens that can see, how do you think we got to the moon? NASA seems more like a star trek convention than a legitimate group of scientists.

I may be the only guy not upset about the end of the Space Shuttle program. It’s like watching a bunch of losers ride around on Schwinn bikes and saying they rode their bikes from Miami to NYC and it’s the best we can do when we have cars, planes, trains, etc..

If you think the pentagon is out of the space game, you’re a moron. They are the space program not NASA.

And if they were to reveal the tech they have, the fossil fuel dependency would end in a heartbeat. We’re talking about God-like power here. And that’s the number one reason that our government’s true owners (not us) are so arrogant; they are God. Think of what technology is lost to free humanity; we are kept in a state of arrested development constantly fighting BS wars and working BS jobs until we die. Just like a plantation owner, they only want the slaves to be smart enough to pick the cotton or clean the house.
Wolf Man Jack , Secret Spy Scope, Got to Dig them Green Onions Baby !!
When a person is young they think old people are smart and know what they are doing. When you get old, you learn the people who are after the boss job, is the last person who should be in charge.
I found most people can’t grow a potato, but they talk about freedom.
Wuddin’ ME!
obama gave the nasa computer to toyota. dont get it? look it up. this is what your president worries over. pathetic
Ladies and Gentleman of the United States,this is your president. As it turns out,there are aliens in hanger 18…….and they took the laptop. But,not to worry in these tough times. Since Al Gore invented the internet,he will be given a grant of 500 million dollars to do ………..well i’m not sure. Also we are hiring a team of former Wall Street executives that are former Goldman Sachs executives to explore the possibility of using lottery numbers as the new codes. And we have hired 350 BLACKWATER mercenaries on a no bid contract to dispose of the possible alien threat. Because of this,the TSA will be conducting advanced rectal screenings at our nations airports until further notice ,because you might be an alien. And remember IF YOU SEE SOMETHING,SAY SOMETHING …….thank you America,and have a good night.
- …..p.s I guess we should have spent the $150.00 to put LOJACK on that thing.
  - p.s.s. This just in,the Aliens gave the laptop to IRAN, so the U,N, has authorized me to do a kinetic military action against them. Oh, and everybody still got paid.
Houston, we have a problem
Space Aliens took the stuff, sorta as a ‘gag’…Okay, give it all back…now ! Or I’m tellin’ god !
Maybe NASA lost the laptop in one of their trunks full of money they stole from taxpayers.
Mossad, no doubt. They’re everywhere and have been stealing out stuff forever.
- this is fact???…got anything to back that up??
  a link even??? not being a dik, just want to read up on this angle
  - Don’t know about space, but you had the Amdocs scandal which exposed one of the largest domestic spy rings in US history. You have the Mossad agents celebrating on 9/11; you had a van loaded with explosives stopped on the George Washington Bridge on 9/11 that was occupied by ISraeli citizens who were released within hours. You have the Mossad starting Hezbollah. I could go on, but they make our CIA look like chiorboys.
    
    Yes, the mossad spies on everyone and they do steal everything. It’s how a small nation in a region that hates their guts (mostly due to their own genocidal racism) survives.
    
    I would be shocked if Israel doesn’t know how to at least find the laptop given their proclivity to lie, cheat, and steal everything they own.
Article author has to understand that McAfee Antivirus is more joke than protection. It can only scare away random teenager who tries some hacking. Probably NASA resorts on tools like this if they get that kind of results.
FreeBSD jails, SELinux (developer CIA) are simple examples of some advanced security software used in serious scenarios.
- Linux is way too hard for the morons at NASA to figure out. MY best guess is their still running Windows 95…
  
  One program I know NASA is very good with is photoshop!
This gives new meaning to the phrase “Lost In Space.”

h-t-t-p://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k168/Pixler_02/DrSmith.jpg
N.A.S.A.
NINCOMPOOPS ALWAYS SUCKING ASS.
Whoops. I’m sure the laptop was on fire.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That sucks.
Have the Russians ever lost laptops with the same data? Come on, with all of those Vodka filled nights, it had to happen a few times. The ISS, acronym for a new thing: International Space Stupidity.
duh question ….. how many ppl even know where to access that kind of data?
- access..no problem….decrypting it once you’ve accessed it…..different story
It might be on sale at eBay, better go check.
omg IRAN is gonna be blamed for bringing the ISS crashing to earth.that will unite the world against IRAN hhahahahahahahah
Diapers got stolen too by astronauts. Lisa N. stole some back in 2007 to wear and got kicked out by NASA.
- Hey D : that was one HARDCORE b.i.t.c.h. One good thing about stalkers,they can be very loyal.
You know, they have Lo-Jack for laptops…
Incredible … reminds me of the times I had to crash course study the night before an exam which never quite helped to get an “A!”
Maybe they gave it to Al Qaida by mistake.
- JUST LIKE LOSING THEIR ATOMIC SECRETS TO RUSSIA ON PURPOSE?
- Sounds about right
Someones been stealing laptops and moonrocks from NASA.

But my guess is since the moonrocks arent really from the moon.

the conspiracy is. Nasa stole the rocks and computers from themselves.

and trashed the data.
- Interesting, but I know government types! They are sincere but the government security types aren’t, so it could be infiltrators of the security apparatus that is responsible for the losses!
  - It comes again as less freedom for more (alleged) security that they never seem able to attain
    - True! Only knowing Jesus can give perfect security and peace knowing that the instant God allows your planned death U survive spiritually!
  - What f#CK!N planet are you from?
    
    There are one or two people who care about their jobs.
    
    ANd 50 socialist pigs like obama there to get paid.