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From:	Moi (24.72.181.199)
Subject:	Nasa Hacked
Date:	March 1, 2012 at 11:00 pm PST

Chinese hackers gained control over NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in November, which could have allowed them delete sensitive files, add user accounts to mission-critical systems, upload hacking tools, and more -- all at a central repository of U.S. space technology, according to a report released Wednesday afternoon by the Office of the Inspector General.

That report revealed scant details of an ongoing investigation into the incident against the Pasadena, Calif., lab, noting only that cyberattacks against the JPL involved Chinese-based Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

Paul K. Martin, NASA's inspector general, put his conclusions bluntly.

"The attackers had full functional control over these networks," he wrote.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/01/stolen-nasa-laptop-had-space-station-control-codes/?test=latestnews#ixzz1nwMQ42xq

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